Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.

It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence.

I began to feel lighthearted. Don't ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence of the so-called young.

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.