Kate Beckett:  What is it about this guy that ... that ... warrants this unshakable faith that you have in him ?
Richard Castle: When I was _ fourteen _ , my mom sent me to Edgewick Academy . I ... I was homesick , and I did n't have any friends , so I wrote about it . One day , I submitted a story to the literary magazine ; Damian Westlake was the editor .
Kate Beckett: And he published it .
Richard Castle: More than that . He called me down to his office , he sat me down , and he said " Ricky , you have a great talent . " No one had ever said anything like that to me before . Damian , he encouraged me , he critiqued me , he ... he always made me dig a little deeper . Without Damian Westlake , I 'm a lawyer , I 'm a grifter , I 'm a rodeo clown , but I am not a writer . Without him , I 'm not me .