Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote by batting an eyelash, over and over again. Eyelashes brushed gently against the cheek are called butterfly kisses, and he has left behind the roughest of butterfly kisses with "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly." Entombed in immobility, his spirit and imagination took flight. He had a life of such exquisite privilege before his stroke -- even the stroke itself took place in a brand new BMW. Bauby wrote that now that he drooled on himself, he preferred to drool on cashmere, rather than wear those shabby hospital sweatsuits. He kept intact the sentiments he had honed as the editor of the French "Elle" magazine. His paralysis did not paralyze his dreams or his sense of self.