I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.

The first private space of my own wasn't a dorm room; it was a hotel room in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him along with me all through my life. Every elderly man has a bit of my father in him for me.

I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.

My own experience suggests that where there is tourism, there are tigers. And that's the reality.