"I'm not sure what it is that compels a person to continue to play make believe even after they're an adult. My favorite book is a collection of short stories by Raymond Carver called What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. And in the closing lines of the title story, Carver says..."I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making. Not one of us moved. Not even when the room went dark. " And I think that that's what writing is. It's listening for that beating heart, and when we hear it, it's our job to decipher it to the best of our abilities."