I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about.

All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened.

I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.