I think by the time I was born, my parents had pretty well run the gauntlet with their kids. The novelty had kind of worn off by the time the twelfth child was born. I was lucky to get fed and changed, picked up and taken to school.
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Nationality: Canadian Type: Entertainer Born: May 7, 1965 Death: May 23, 1999 |
I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my hometown. I started writing as a way to know others, to get away from myself.
In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor.