Nikita

Imagination, as opposed to fantasy, is the ability to see the other thing, what one might call, to use those old-fashioned words, nature, reality, the

poet's soul — reader's mind — athlete's preparation — grandparents' wisdom — entrepreneur's passion — child’s curiosity — craftsman’s patience. To b

It was during this period that he began to see the world as a writer, understanding what it meant to be simultaneously inside and outside situations.

“If I’m a physicist, I can’t do all these other things,” he said. As a writer, he didn’t have to make a choice. “I can be a dilettante forever,” he sa