Don Silver
Don Silver
beat decided sick
After I got sick and beat it I decided I was going to write because that is what I really wanted to do.
anchor excellent library people spent time worked
A lot of people spent a lot of time and worked very, very hard. I think it's excellent because the library is the anchor of the community.
incredible start
That was the start of an incredible year,
days forced seven time week
I forced myself to write every day, seven days a week for as much time as I could spare,
focused individual people rather stories
I focused on the stories of individual people rather than making this a kind of polemic,
asked director feeling feelings overcame realized slot
Someone didn't take their slot and the director called me and asked me to join. I had the feeling that this was my shot. When I overcame my feelings of inferiority I realized that this was a gift,
connection helps influenced inventing worked
I worked on inventing their connection and how the 60s influenced their lives. It helps that I've always been an extravagant liar,
book books-and-reading eventually figured stuck
I didn't write the book in sequence. If I got stuck I started a new chapter. I didn't know where it was going, but eventually I figured it out,
grow point serious terrifying time
I was 12 in 1968. From a serious kid's vantage point this was a terrifying time to grow up,
perform
They're all important. Without all of them, we couldn't be able to perform like we do.
budget paid prior
We try to budget at least as much as we've paid the prior year.
interest late missed realized sort
When I realized when (Stardust) was born, that sort of ignited an interest I had in the late '60s, ... I've had it all my life, having just missed that period.