Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness.
I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.
If you stand still in any city long enough, you see everyone pass you by. So you're in Chicago. If you stand on the corner of Belmont and Clark, and you do that for three years, you'll pretty much have seen everybody in Chicago pass that junction.