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I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals.

I've always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to the idea that they are there, that they are real people, not invisible.

I'm interested in people who have lived, who are searching and questioning.

There is a percentage of people who want to be a little bit outside their comfort zone and I am one of them, someone who lives on the edge.

People who work in factories or in the woods or maybe a dairy farm - for years, I've been fascinated with people like that. No pretensions. They just live their lives. I found them beautiful. They were all I seemed to be interested in writing about.

I'm drawn to people who find themselves on the outside of things. I'm moved by that in real life.

I'm just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven't had the best breaks in society. I'm always on their side. I find them more human, maybe. What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence.

I am still attracted to stories about people who are considered to be on the outside of society. I still seek inspiration from those stories.

I am interested in outsiders. I suppose I have always felt like one myself.

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.