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ABOUT SKIN: I knew from the beginning that SKIN would be Donnie’s story. It was Donnie who came to me first, slipping quietly into my imagination and then, in his very Donnie way, waiting for a chance to tell his story. I wasn’t ready to write him down for a long time, not sure what it was he had to say, not sure if I was ready to say it. |
| He’d come to me as a kind of photographic negative of a kid from high school I’d been thinking about. The kid was sort of ostracized and discounted, but he had this amazing life outside of school. |  |
| I remember seeing him with his friends, his girlfriend, his band, and I started to think about why this kid had had no problem opting out of the school cool chain to find his happiness somewhere else. I wondered if he’d ever been like me, if he ever let the negativity, push him further and further into himself. | |
