alain de botton, chuck klosterman, anne lamott, natalie goldberg, roald dahl

i would love to meet some of my favorite authors. scratch that. i THINK i'd like to meet them. i know if i did, i would stutter profusely and come across as a moron who reads at a third grade level. ideal scenario: i'm friends with someone suddenly becomes a published and well-known writer. then i would be extremely jealous. better ideal scenario: i find a friend who writes and then we both, simultaneousy become published and are able to live off of our royalty checks. (and i wouldn't mind a television interview here and there)

blah, blah, blah. i was thinking, recently, about how we're always evolving in our worldviews and theology in connection with our writing, which is concrete. i wonder if authors wish they could retract or erase some of their past publications due to their new frames of mind. that is a question i would like to pose to some of my favorite writers.

i would also like to ask them if they've destroyed past journals/writing. do they view all writing as part of themselves or a paper trail for their human journey? or do they want to keep some of their secrets safe?