i've wanted to communicate since i was very young, obviously. And i tried all these ways of writing, and nothing quite clicked. But then i met a man who was like a book packager back in 19 95. And he asked me if i had any ideas for a book, and i kind of was,. we were italy, and I kind of improvised a beautiful day in venice - that's what would turn into the forty eight laws of power. That was everything just clicked at that moment. All my experiences, all of my pain,  everything i had studied, everything i had tried and failed at, came into play. The art of seduction is another part