And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey.
I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.