I've live in Scotland, England, Israel, South Africa, and on both coasts of the United States. The most influential figures on my adult life, other than my late father, were Churchill, Golda Meir and Nelson Mandela. The one person in the world I do not want to be like, but actually want to be, is Meryl Streep, in fact I'm thinking of bribing or bullying her into selling me her soul for the next life (she's almost used it up in this.) My major literary influences were the Bible, the ancient Greek tragedians,Shakespeare, Dostoevsky - especially Crime and Punishment, Ibsen, Pira more...
