IMF Chairman of the Board Dr. Brian G.M. Durie interviews Alexis Stamatis, an internationally renowned novelist, poet, and playwright. Diagnosed with myeloma in 2012, Stamatis applies his writer’s perspective to coping with the disease. He says, “I think that half a century from now, people will know things that we cannot even imagine now . . .They will answer questions that we cannot even pose now. That is being a writer, you are somehow thinking ahead. I'm always trying to be ahead of this. That's why I fantasize myself 5 years from now, 10 years from now . . . Let's work day-by-day, and everything's going to be well. We need support. We need to talk to each other and be together.” Listen now to hear the full interview.