It is often spur-of-the-moment decisions, sometimes made by others, that can change our whole lives.
I want to be your stranger across a crowded room.
I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.
No time like the present
What I have found is that real friends stand by you.
The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.