If you were stranded on a desert island, which four things would you
need to survive? "I'd take a good book - Dante's Divine Comedy, because
you can never plumb the depths of that. I would also take a mask and
snorkel so I could check out the fish, because I love wildlife. And I'd
take my laptop, so I could surf the 'net to find a way to get off the
damned island! I could write my novel then as well - and decide what
the meaning of life is."