Paul Allen said that when he began writing his life story he didn’t know if he would live long enough to finish it.
Paul Allen said that when he began writing his life story he didn’t know if he would live long enough to finish it.
The 58-year-old said working on his memoir “Idea Man,” available this week, was good therapy after he was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2009, and he wanted to write a candid account because “this is my one shot” at getting it right.
“It was unclear if I was going to see the publication of the book when I was first diagnosed,” Allen said from his office in Seattle. “Fortunately, I had a great response to the chemotherapy regimen and took a turn for the best, but I didn’t know that when I started.”
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