All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people.
“Lots of pretty faces came and went over the years, but some stuck around and I happen to be one of them.”
“There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.”