You Become A Writer Because You Need

No Metaphor Reinvents The Job Of The Nurture Of Children Except To Muddy Or Mock.

I Loved The Comradeship Of The Sixties And The Seventies, And I Still Maintain Friendships With The People I Worked With Then - The Ones That Are Still Alive. That's One Of The Great Gifts Of Our Political Movements, Great Friendships . . . And Also A Few Enmities.

I'm Seventy-five Now. I Also Have The Peculiar Luck Of Having A Sister And Brother Who Are Fourteen And Sixteen Years Older Than Me. Their Health Is Not Good. It Couldn't Be At That Age. But Their Spirits Are. Both My Brother And My Sister Are An Example To Me.

You Become A Writer Because You Need To Become A Writer - Nothing Else.

I Liked The Education. I Liked People Learning Things All Around Me And I Liked Going To People's Classes.