Delete Nothing. Move Nothing. Change Nothing. Learn

In The Netherlands I Read The First Chapter Of Exquisite Corpse To An Audience That Laughed In All The Places I Thought Were Funny - An Experience I've Never Had In America!

Delete Nothing. Move Nothing. Change Nothing. Learn Everything.

I Certainly Wanted To Write A Book That Was Honest About New Orleans Without Explaining It To Death, So Much So That The First Draft Contained References Absolutely Incomprehensible To Anyone Who Hasn't Lived Here For Several Years.

Sometimes We Gotta Be Brave Even When We're Scared. We Gotta Not Let Being Scared Keep Us From Thinkin' Straight. That's All Brave Is, Boy, When You Come Right Down To It, Not Lettin' The Fear Get You So Turned Around You Start Doin' Stupid Things, Instead Of What You Know You Ought To Do.

My Childhood May Have Been More Demented Than Most, Because I Learned To Read Very Early And Was Allowed To Read Whatever I Wanted.