For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.
We have our own values; we build our own special, our JEWISH life - and we are proud, so very proud.
I lost relatives to AIDS, a couple of my closest cousins. I lost friends to AIDS, high-school friends who never even made it to their 21st birthdays in the '80s. When it's that close to you, you can't really deny it, and you can't run from it.