: About Me

Things I would need while stranded on a deserted island:

1) Endless pens and notebooks to write my numerous novels that I would produce while stranded.
2) My surfboard, presuming I was on a deserted island in, say, Bali, Java, or another surf rich Indonesian island.
3) My guitar.

I've got a whole carry-on list too, but that's usually stuff that I would probably be able to find no matter where I went, such as enlightenment and the love of my life.

My passion is ...

surfing and protecting the ocean.

I know too much about ...

Buddhism and being Vegan.

My parents always told me ...

to stay away from motorcycles.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a writer.

My favorite memory ...

is of standing on a very large, purple surfboard on Kauai.

Why I write ...

to hear what my characters have to say about themselves and the world.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Moby Dick/Brokedown Melody/Iron & Wine.

My first job ...

was selling newspaper subscriptions door-to-door.

My best moment ...

was when I met my mentor in life, Daisaku Ikeda, in 1980.

My inspiration ...

is to make my mother proud.

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