You are truly a man who wears many hats . |
somewhat disappointed that it didn ' t ). I had |
I have type 1 ( insulin dependent ) diabetes |
How did you get started and have you |
pages of notes , and a considerable amount of |
since I was seven years old . My father was a |
always wanted to write a book ? |
panic in my chest . So , I started writing . Three |
brilliant , loved and loving man , with a huge |
weeks later I had my one-man show , “ Life & |
heart , who helped many , and he was an |
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I started writing out of frustration during slow |
Me … What A Couple !” after workshopping it , it |
addict and committed suicide . In the difficult |
acting work times and the need to tell stories |
went on to run for one month at HERE |
and emotionally overwhelming years after his |
creatively . I ' d walk around , see something and |
Performance Space and tour . I never stopped |
death , I put myself and my health at risk by |
think , “ Wouldn ' t it be funny if …?”, “ Wouldn ' t it |
writing since then . I find it necessary . |
ignoring diabetes . Until I realized that there |
be interesting if …?” And I ' d note it down . Then |
wasn ' t much of a difference between him and |
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the artistic director of a storytelling venue in |
Your new book is fiction , but I understand |
me . We were both refusing to fully commit to |
New York ( I was living there then ) called me , “ I |
there may be a personal connection to the |
ourselves , he by using a substance outside of |
have a spot , do you have an hour worth of |
subject matter . Could you share with us |
himself , I by ignoring a condition inside |
material ?” I took a breath , my mind raced and |
why your wrote it and what you hope |
myself . We were refusing to fully embrace and |
the picture of my note-book popped-up , and I |
readers will come away with ? |
love who we are and what we have , and take |
said , “ Heck , yeah .” “ You got it ,” she said , |
full responsibility for our happiness . So I |
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“ Three weeks from Saturday .” I hung up the |
I wrote this story for several reasons and |
thanked him for his loud example and stopped |
phone and picked up my note book . I kept |
many things funneled in to inspire me . Ernest |
looking at myself as and acting like ' a victim .' I |
looking at it as if waiting for the show to write |
Hemingway said , “ I decided that I would write |
changed my attitude toward myself and I |
itself out , automatically ( and frankly being |
one story about each thing that I knew about .” |
changed my life . |