I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable.
The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.
I don't really like to go out to clubs or anything. It's just not my style. I'd much rather go to a dive bar or a local place.