The only real nation is humanity
You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.
If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you.
If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen
I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.
I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.