We've been open two weeks, and the response has been very positive.

Some patients are not comfortable walking into a plastic surgeon's office and running the risk that someone they know sees them going in.

We debated whether we could take on this new thing on top of all that we were already doing.

To me, "Gypsy Woman" was about creating a positive way to see a homeless person.

One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also, a professional writer named Philip Klass taught there. He was a science fiction writer whose pseudonym was William Tenn. As a professional writer, he brought wisdom to teaching because he'd done it for a living.

When I started 'First Blood,' back in 1968, I was deeply influenced by Geoffrey Household's 'Rogue Male.'