When I was young, most people thought that girls didn't need a real education. I was taught the basics, of course, but a lot of my education was about things like how to be a good housewife, or how to be polite. But I loved literature and writing stories, and I used to dream of going to university and becoming a professional writer. I used to write constantly – stories, poems, and I wrote in my diary every day. It was my father who realized that I wanted to do something different. He read my stories and poems, and said it would be good for me to do more studying. That changed my life, and I would never have gone to university and had a career without his support.