A great deal that is worth thinking about has been written about truth and fiction in biographies, and in autobiographies especially. Who knows anyone else? And who can know himself? But I shall dispense with these reflections and in this preface shall only say why I have written this story of my life. To put it simply: I enjoy telling, and I want to thank—which is why I am thinking back. The fearful question ‘Who am I really?’ has never tormented me since I was young. It is a lonely question.