I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.
No advance in wealth no softening of manners no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.
I had a fear of becoming anything a fear of becoming a specialist. I might have become a doctor but if you become a doctor that's your specialty in life and you are defined by it. One of the attractions of being a writer is that you're never a specialist. Your field is entirely open your field is the entire human condition.