I hadn't been free from adult responsibilities since I was 12, and I needed to experience that. I really needed to just be a kid again.
When I was a kid, I had this idea that I would have a beard when I got older. I thought it'd be nice to rub my chin.
As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.