the greatest generation and those guys, the vietnam theyans, the baby boomers, have terrific names to their generations and they had to overcome something or create something. our guys, we were called generation x. we were nothing. a lot of us did not want to be cool like our parents or hate our kids. we didn't know what to do. i feel like i'm a good parent what itve an idea of means to be a citizen. i think it is more interesting to write a guy who does not know what to do or how to care about it. charlie rose: you are not writing yourself, clearly. inthere are parts of me horace. he is a little bit slow. >> do you feel that way? >> yes. is hanging out of my t-shirt half of the time and i get ice cream on my chest and i watched shark tank. that is who everybody is. i am an ordinary guy. ordinary think you are ? >> yes. >> through all the creativity? you reach inside the human experience and tell stories. >> i am an ordinary guy and i can tell stories about the ordinary guy. >> you love language. >> i really do. >> i know you do. i laughed out loud about your whole thing and the use o