I grew up in Vermont, so we didn't really have a TV, growing up, or a football team.
I think I was a shy kid. I grew up without television. I had a dog, and we lived up in the White Mountains in the summer, and I had no friends up there. And I would just go play hide-and-seek with my dog and probably had some imaginary friends.
I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.
I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.
I grew up on an island without TV.
I grew up in New Jersey and played sports and rode my bike around. It was a really nice time - kids didn't have cellphones then - and you knew everyone in the town.
When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living conditions: no electricity, no running water and, of course, no computer, no phone.
People can and do live without Internet access, and many lead very successful lives.
It doesn't make me very happy to be on my computer all the time. I've never been drawn to that world.
