Freedom… Certainly, I was lucky to have devoured books on finance before discovering literature, that is, to have understood the mechanics of money before committing the folly of dropping everything to become a writer. That way, I was able to do something no one could have taught me: I devised a financial plan, parallel to my study plan, to enable me to write. I prepared myself, through a plan that is still in place, to take the plunge with confidence. Has there ever been a penniless writer with the same luck? I was saved by this very special circumstance. Without it, if I had come across all this talk of freedom, I would have ended up very, very badly.