Backdated to fit the Friday Five.
1. What do you most want to be remembered for?
By people who knew me or by posterity in general? The former, I guess, for being a good friend, the latter, well, for writing the best loved nobel prize novel ever. No reason to set your targets too low, is there?
2. What quotation best fits your outlook on life?
I like my current e-mail signature:
‘Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend.
Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.’
— Groucho Marx
3. What single achievement are you most proud of in the past year?
I’ll have to think about that one. I believe in little victories every day rather than whacking great big ones, so singling one thing out is difficult.
4. What about the past ten years?
My masters degree. I may not have much use for it, but I’m pretty pleased at having finished it in any case.
5. If you were asked to give a child a single piece of advice to guide them through life, what would you say?
Be yourself and follow your own heart, whithout reference to what other people think. Those who judge you for being different are not worth the aggravation.