A desire to leave something behind after my corpse is dust, I've decided the only way to even taste a glimpse of immortality is to write a book, and then bury several of those books around the world in sealed metal containers that can withstand just about anything short of the annihilation of earth, so essentially what inspires me to create is a ( Read more... )

I put them in 3 giant tupperware tubs and whenever I'm a little bummed out about life I pull them out and look at all the great times I've had and it makes me feel better.

 Oh that's easy for once. that afghan girl on the cover of National Geographic in the early 90's, with the piercing green eyes. I think most everybody knows the one, really captured something with that one.