I have lived in million-dollar homes and been homeless.  I think that the balance of life between these two fixed points is more than just a social status.  My job has taken me around the world and back.  I believe in the nobility of a simple story told well and a complex person hiding in commonplace clothes.  James Joyce is a great read.  Vonnegut makes people think.  I'm not much for poetry, but Ezra Pound has caught my eye lately.  Fitzgerald probably should be mixed in there too.  Why not?