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?