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In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read.

I remember that already as a child I was often intensely interested in things, obsessed by ideas and projects in many areas, and in these topics I learned much on my own, reading books.

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

When I was young, I was reading anything and anything I could lay my hands on. I was a veracious-to-the-point-of-insane reader.

I was interested in philosophy before I knew I was. That's to say, when I was at school, I used to argue with my friends about issues that turned out to be philosophical ones of some kind.

I like the concept of teenagers and philosophy.

I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and the freedom to go into a world of my own.

When I was a kid, I went through the whole process of reading great literature and trying to be very widely read.

I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since.

I loved to read and would read anything that roused my interest, whether it was below my age level or above it, even if I could barely make sense of it.