The music journalist Paul Morley described me as bland.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
“And for you, sir?” It happens a lot.
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View all 122 →“You don’t stand a chance of succeeding as a writer in this country. The demographics are against you.” They were wrong. The only demographic that counts is the human heart.
Apart from stuff on social media, an ex-partner telling me I’m unlovable.
Go back to where you came from.
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