When and how did you start writing?
As a teenager at school‚ I enjoyed writing compositions and sometimes threw in some humour. Once the English teacher read out one of these. I had dreams of becoming a journalist‚ but parental advice steered me into medicine.
At university‚ I found it a thrill when I got my name in one of the student magazines. Once in vacation‚ I stood in for the editor of a real magazine that paid real money; that gave me a buzz too.
Until I hit 50 or so‚ I worked in...