If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.
I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.
The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.
As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography.
I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.
I never learned to read music.