Sorry is such an underrated word – I use it liberally.
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To my brother, because when we were kids I didn’t understand his illness and it used to irritate me.
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Neil Gaiman
Author of fiction, comics and screenplays
My soon-to-be ex-wife, Amanda. I wish I’d been able to do whatever would have been necessary all the way back to keep us as a unit. Probably the worst thing I did was not tell her how miserable I was, certain that I could turn this around somehow.
Kelsey Grammer
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My two middle children, Mason and Jude. They will know why.
My mother, because when I’m stressed, I can be really horrible to her.
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Menopausal anxiety.
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