Sleep apnoea and tinnitus.
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Nothing. If I’m worried or upset or tormented, I go to sleep quickly and easily, to find welcome oblivion.
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An exciting idea. I usually write for an hour or so, and then I go to sleep.
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Always saying yes to people. For example, I’m doing this.
In 1993, making love on the beach of a deserted island in the Bahamas.
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