Imagine a situation in a bar. A person is sitting on a lonely, wooden table, staring at the changing lights of gambling machines. Once this person gets your attention, a curiosity arises. Who is this person? Building your courage, you might approach her and start to ask all kinds of …

‘Because I want to live a thousand lives I’ve never had, to be tall, beautiful, feminine or small, homely and adorable, or to be able to climb a trapeze. And to know that even though I’m just me I can become all the others and that gives me the power …