My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few.
For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.
What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
If I have the means, I have the responsibility to employ them.
You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.
We should not be less than what we are.