“Actually "nerve" is one of the qualities it takes to tackle a first novel, the others being inflated ego and a gambler's sense of crazed bravado, all of which I felt imbued with, more or less, when I sat down to write my account of one woman's efforts to keep her ex-husband, a deranged fence jumper, out of her apartment and life.” WritingCourageAdviceWriting ProcessWriting AdviceBravadoNerve Book:A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs Source: A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs
“Like many mind-altering drugs, alcohol had shown me where I wanted to go but alcohol couldn't get me there. It didn't have the power. I needed sobriety to connect me to stronger forces than my earthbound self. Whether these forces are God or nature is beside the point. Call them what you will. I feel that I instinctively knew I wasn't here alone or by sheer brute chance, but to live my life with as much courage and joy as possible before I returned to where I came from. I think that's really the goal.” LifeInspirationalPhilosophyInspirationJoyNatureCouragePhilosophy Of Life Book:A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs Source: A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs