Woody Allen writes: Probably, if my parents had pushed along more cultural lines I might have started out being a more serious writer, because that's what has always interested me. But I had no cultural background whatsoever, and I mean absolutely none. I grew up in a typical noisy ethnic family in Brooklyn. I didn't go to a play until I was about eighteen years old, almost never went to a museum, listened only to popular music, and never read at all. ~from Woody Allen on Woody Allen
This comes from a famous Canadian writer: "A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life." - Robertson Davies
"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen." – Willa Cather
"It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous". – Robert Benchley
Chama still seems like a remote village in New Mexico. It remains rustic with a dusty street of a few stores and places to eat. But it is home to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad - which I call the Chama Yard. You are allowed to walk around everywhere and check out the equipment being stored or restored.
There is a web forum and regular images of the yard - one from two days ago showed that Colorado is a winter wonderland.
