Will Davis
Will Davis
thinking political problem
I think we can work through a lot of political and international problems, but what really frightens me is what's happening environmentally.
children long rebellious
I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I was a slow learner.
believe thinking order
I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in order to effect change.
running memories grieving
There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.
thinking dying death-and-dying
I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.
father glasses shoes
The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst. My father helped me assemble a bird hospital, consisting of a few shoe boxes, some old rags, and tiny dishes for water and food.
absence false-hope
And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope - nothing else.
writing character way
I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third person.
order parent finding-yourself
You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.
veteran conspiracy obsessed
I would not call myself a veteran conspiracy theorist. Or an obsessed one. I pretty much peaked on the whole conspiracy theory thing in the '60s, with the grassy knoll, who really killed JFK, and who ordered the hit on Lee Harvey Oswald.
book self people
Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing.
father feelings want
I have a feeling of reverence about my father being in his 80s - a feeling that I want to whisper, take soft steps, not intrude too much. He's like a stately old cathedral to me now.
book self people
I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considering it when Amanda Hocking was in the news about her self-publishing success.
father lying moving
My father's body lies in a stone tomb high on a hill. People walk by, pause, think their own thoughts about him and move on, back to their own lives. I can never move on. He is everywhere.