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I’d give myself some fashion sense.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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View all 203 →I would not leave my teenage children to follow an unworthy love. It lasted a month and scarred the family for ever.
What I studied at college – A-level economics.
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Doc Brown proved that editing the past is disastrous.
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A few of my exes.
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View profile →Fondly and down the centuries. I think partly what drives writers to write is the yearning for immortality.
In my teens, an accountant. In my 20s, either a rock star or a novelist.
There wasn’t a lot of bullying at my school, but there was a fair amount of ragging – and I knew which side I wanted to be on. I’d say sorry to anyone who felt picked on.
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