James Duthie

Oh, this one can't go with this one.

I sit there for a week kind of scrapbooking going until I have an order.

And then I stare at it and I go, I can't have three funny stories in a row like that.

I'll move this one back to here.

And it's a crazy sort of mad scientist way.

And I never know if it's quite right.

Obviously, the publisher or the editor might give me some feedback on that, but that's the way I've done it for these last couple of books and just trying to find some sort of rhythm for the reader.

Well, in some ways, I disagree with you in the sense I've written a couple of books.

I'm writing a book right now that is sort of my own stories from my career.

And I wrote one maybe 10, 15 years ago that was similar.

I find that harder.

I find it harder to write about yourself.

Really?

Because simply because...

there's a fine line of, you know, I always can kind of remove myself from the story and am I making myself sound too good?

Do I sound arrogant here?

Do I sound too stupid here?

You're trying to tell the story as honestly as possible, but, you know, as time morphed my perspective on that story, whereas I find it easier to tell someone else's story because that's kind of what I've done my entire career is

The reason I got into this business was to be a storyteller.

Now, there's a different fashion.