a can on behalf of greenpeace, or cnd up in the local high street, it was deeply embarrassing, you know, at 12 years of age. but looking back on it, i do actually give her a tonne of credit. you know, she was a vegetarian before it was popular to be, so she was into all kinds of things that really made the world a better place. she was thinking about the environment and environmental issues. she was involved with international health for children — we fostered children growing up. so i think the things that were on her mind and the things that she instilled in us as children, you know, were to think outside of yourself, just understand that the world is bigger than your own experience — and whatever one can do to make that a better place is a good thing to do. ok, so cut forward — you arrive in la with a letter of introduction, i think, to a literary agency, you end up with a job