I wish I were one of those terribly clever people who, when they write their autobiographies, always say, when I was fifteen months old I distinctly remember my Aunt Fanny saying to me, etc.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You know, I'm trying to sometimes sit down and write some stories about my childhood and maybe one when I'm an old lady put them out like a book.
Autobiographies, for the most part, to me, are like writing a love letter to yourself.
Everybody that I was in school with had an uncle or father in the law, and I started to realize that I was going to end up writing briefs for about ten years for these fellows who I thought I was smarter than. And I was kind of losing my feeling for that.
I love watching old movies, and I read a lot of autobiographies.
When I first began writing, and I told people what I wrote, I'd get a blank stare and sometimes a 'Huh?' They weren't sure what young adult literature was. Now everyone knows.
I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me.
My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.
I do sometimes look back at things I've written in the past, and think, 'I just don't remember being the person who wrote that.'
Actually, that's one of the things I was thinking about writing a story about me, loosely based or autobiographical. I just don't want to be like some people that are in their twenties and writing autobiographies.
'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life.