* On the morning he was born, he nearly died.
* Growing up, he didn't love to read. That changed.
* He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor and the poet Robert Lowell.
* While he toiled in advertising hell, James wrote the ad jingle line "I'm a Toys 'R' Us Kid."
* He once watched James Baldwin and Norman Mailer square off to trade punches at a party.
* He's only been in love twice. Both times are amazing.
* Dolly Parton once sang "Happy Birthday" to James over the phone. She calls him J.J., for Jimmy James.
* Three American presidents have invited him to golf with them.
