Writers unearth our most vulnerable selves and display our souls on the page for others to examine. Insert “iMac keyboard” for “typewriter” and that’s about right most days. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” I put words and spaces and commas to it - and only then can I truly begin to understand it. When I need to make something real, I write it down. I was certain about one thing: NO ONE WAS EVER GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO READ IT BECAUSE IT WAS WAY TOO VULNERABLE.īut for whatever reason, I was compelled to write it all down. I just thought I was writing down some stories from my unusual history as a child actor. Except I didn’t know it was going to be a book.
