Human beings like labels, niches, and categories, don’t we? We like to define all things, including people.

I don't remember when I didn't makeup stories. I wasn't a liar except for a few told during childhood, but I guess it could be argued that fiction writers are creative liars. We write the lies that people want to read, at least some do. We just let readers know upfront; this is fiction, a creative lie. I think I was inspired to write from a very early age. After my mother died when I was a little boy, the one connection I had to my father was through his book Laughter in