He responded and we began corresponding fairly regularly after that. After trying to study the man for over fifteen years it seemed like a logical progression to meet him. I was anxious, but that was mostly due to the maximum security setting. Manson put me at ease pretty quickly. I've never been nervous around him.
Kids are fine.
The people who were with Manson in 1969 were mostly kids. Well, I've only seen Charlie in the visiting room at Corcoran, so I only know what he is like in that situation. He's a convict, that's for sure. But he's also so much more than that. If I said he was like the universe, that might be too general.