Fernando Pessoa is my inspiration. As a teenager, his heteronyms shaped my life. Not because of being heteronyms, but because of the philosophies of life that they taught, and how they differed. Pessoa taught me that there there can be a fusion of philosophy and poetry.

Fernando Pessoa is one of the few "famous" people who I would really love to meet and have a chat with -- the other being George Orwell. I am currently reading the Book of Disquiet and I sometimes have to stop myself from being too marveled at what I'm reading. The depth of emotion and of insight!...