My Parents Gave Up A Lot To

I Once Read Somewhere That, In Any Relationship, The One Who Cares The Least Is The One With All The Power.

It Felt Natural. That Is What I Remember Most About Becoming A Father Halfway Through My 20s. As If Mother Nature Was Giving Me The Big Thumbs Up.

Largely This Is A Class Thing - Writers Tend To Be Cosseted Little Middle-class Kiddies Who Think That The World Owes Them A Royalty Cheque. But Just Doing It - Being In Your Room For Years On End, Locked In Your Head, Alone With Invented Ghosts - It Weakens And Softens The Body. And I Know I Can't Just Live In My Head.

My Parents Have Been Dead For Many Years, And When Your Folks Are Gone There Is Nobody Standing Between You And Eternity.

A Tattoo Doesn't Make You Look Like An Individual.