Stammering- a blessing?

"As a result of the stammer, I have never been able to speak fast but my theory is that having the stammer made me appreciate words more than I otherwise would have. I latched on to Cary Grant films, film noir with Bogart and Bacall and all that really rapid-fire patter."..
Read more about this successful children's writer, who once grew cauliflowers on a vegetable farm...