…followed by a sliver of emergence from Starbucks parking lot on Slauson in Culver City
If one wishes to spend one's life as a writer, it is a dangerous undertaking on the most primitive level. For, it seems to me, the act of writing with serious intent involves enormous personal risk. It entails the ongoing courage for self-discovery. It means one will walk forever on the tightrope, with each new step presenting the possibility of learning a truth about oneself that is too terrible to bear. …Harlan Ellison