I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer.
If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to paint at all.
I'm proud of my triumphs. I've dreamed of being world champion, I've had some difficult times and they've made me value the good times.