I was if you like a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.
I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers...
You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be...
The world of science and the world of literature have much in common. Each is an international club helping to tie mankind together across barriers of nationality race and language. I have been doubly lucky being accepted as a member of both.