I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.

I've often thought that my lack of intimacy with those around me is the fault of those around me.

Everything we do affects other people.

My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.

Whether you do a play in front of 100 people or a movie that one billion people see, you're still affecting people.

I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual.

In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed.