I wanted to succeed. I wanted to write well, and I tried to. I applied myself. I think that writers haven’t much choice. You know, if someone really has the impulse to write, then that’s what he must do. I don’t think there’s much of a choice. After the impulse is realized, he writes. And that’s how I feel about my development. I think that I was compelled to write, and so I never had the choice of doing anything else, really. I was talking to some kids today and they were talking about happiness. One of them said “I’m going to Harvard and I’m going into science, I’m not sure that’s really what I want to do. I want to be happy, and I might be happy doing any number of other things.” I thought, that’s true in a way. But if you are really compelled to write, that’s where happiness is. It’s in doing what you can do, and being the best you can be at it. That’s what really makes for —I don’t know if I’d use the word happiness, but James Earl Jones today talked about contentment. There is certainly a contentment, a satisfaction in doing what you can do, you know.