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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2017 source ↗
A boy called Norman. When I came to England, I didn’t know what kiss-chase was, and Norman kissed me on the lips, so I gave him a black eye.
My kids, for the jokes. Some of them are pretty bad.
No one, I’m pretty good at saying sorry.
To myself. I am my harshest critic.
As I get older, I get happier.
My father, because he’s never run away from anything.
Swimming off the north Cornish coast eight years ago. I remember thinking, “Why did they teach you how to inflate your pyjamas in life-saving classes at school, when they could have just told you what to do in a riptide?”
Like you are standing with an army.
Funerals are for the people left behind, so I don’t mind.
Ten years ago I bought a painting. I lived with it for a year before realising I didn’t like it at all. So it’s on my wall, mocking me daily.
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