Anyway, I lived on the streets and did pretty good until I got caught stealing, what was it? I kicked in a restaurant window, went in and took all the food that I wanted, and while coming out I was grabbed.

My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets.

The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence.

Now, twenty years old, I come out and I go back to Greenwich Village. Now, of course, I'm a wealthy man.

If we don’t concentrate on resurrecting science, we’re not going to be able to compete in a global economy."

This epidemic of student demands for 'safe places' to protect against threatening words and ideas would make a great science fiction film, but unbelievably, events seem to be outpacing the political imagination.

What I like about writing a stand alone novel is you're starting with a fresh world and fresh characters. Part of what I love about writing is that journey of discovery where it's all new to me as well.

There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.