I would become fitter younger. Because I would have been hotter younger!
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My relationship with drugs.
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The loss of Conrad.
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The inability to do things for myself.
My own biography! Being serious, there’s an Australian novel by Gregory Roberts called Shantaram that I didn’t read through.
I don’t know and I don’t really care – I’ll be dead.
Looking down at other people. I was brought up to treat people as you treat yourself, with respect. The people you meet on the way up are the people you meet on the way down.
I haven’t grown up.
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