"I do agree that he is a very eccentric multi-millionaire and I also felt fear with him, " he said.

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Though finding my voice took longer than I would have liked, the fear I felt was not of the writing, but knowing that I did not want this to be just a hobby.

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Yet I felt free from all the fear, anger, and rage that had beset me.

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Even today, over six decades later, just hearing that long wail of the warning siren on old newsreels and films gives me that same cold knot of fear in the pit of my stomach which I always felt all those years ago.

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Then I felt, across the lower part of my stomach, a first faint ripple of fear.

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