On the speech day, the production designer, who has a lot of say in things, and sometimes I didn't agree with him but I had to do what I was told, wanted the speech day to be all in neutral colours for the women, which was a good thing.
“I love reading. I'm fortunate enough to have signed books by Faulkner, Steinbeck, Thomas Pynchon.”
“After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.”