a wonderful>>> we are having a wonderful conversation with howard friedman -- howard freedman, the director of the jewish community library, and a wonderful author , michael.>>> why in this day and age, why do people write, and why are people reading, and why do they read so differently these days with the audiobook, of literal book, a new e-book, what is your response? >> i am aware as a writer that we have competition. you can click over on the ipad and look at your email, or play a game of angry bird, or something like that. i think that writing has a unique and special attribute, you're actually connected into the mind of the reader. it is your voice, your words going into their mind, and that is an amazing technology to me. when i think about why people write, i think about the british author, the important of literature, which is only to connect. when i sit down and i'm struggling to remember what it is all about, i think about just about connecting with other people, and about building connections with other people.>>> do you find that people can connect, you can be inside the reader