Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second more personal and important from himself.
So long as these kinds of inequalities persist all of us who are given expensive educations have to live with the knowledge that our victories are contaminated because the game has been rigged to our advantage.
If there is any secret to my success I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel and therefore I think my readers care about them.