For me the best times are always going to be the most intense the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows.
The quick success was a bit strange to get used to.
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
By and large the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is after all a form of communication.
