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Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized.

Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

Do I think every culture will embrace location technology? Yes.

Places change all the time, and the type of people who live there change.

If we don't change our culture, the politics is going to migrate more and more to statism.

Culture change means we will do things differently.

I was thinking recently about the popularity of TV shows about people shopping for houses. I wonder if part of their appeal is the chance to vicariously imagine our lives playing out in a variety of spaces. We have a sense that the shape and style of our dwellings affects the shapes of the lives that unfold within them.

All art is political. Yes. Even the stuff that sounds like bubble-gum songs. I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.

It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write.

Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.