Sometimes, after an hour or so of this, she would say to me, ‘Now you say what you’d like to have happen.’ And I would say, ‘Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a flood or an epidemic or a revolution, and even though I’m this little kid they find me and they say to me, “You speak so wonderfully you must lead the people out of this disaster.” ’ I never daydreamed about love or money, I always daydreamed I was making eloquent speeches that stirred ten thousand people to feel their lives, and to act.