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In Terms Of Sheer Writing I Might Have Done Most Of My Work By 11. If You Get Up At 6:30 Or 7 You Can Get A Huge Amount Done By 11 And Have The Rest Of The Day Off If You Want To, Though I Have To Check My Accumulating E-mails. No One Ever Sends Me Horrible E-mails. Although Some Of My Books Are Supposed To Be Hated, No One Ever Tells Me.

I Read All The Time So It's Difficult To Say Who My All-time Favourites Are. One Is George Orwell, Because He Makes Political Writing So Simple A Child Could Understand It.

When I Was A Child I Used To Read Books By Gerald Durrell, Who Founded Jersey Zoo. He Had A Job Collecting Animals For Zoos And For A Long Time That Is What I Wanted To Do. Later When I Was A Teenager I Had A Fantastic English Teacher Called Mrs. Stafford. Her Enthusiasm Made Me Decide To Be A Writer.

It's Mind Control, See. You Have To Go To School, Get Those Exams, Get To University Or College, Get A Job, Get Married, Don't Miss The Boat, Do It Now Or You'll Shoot Your Life Down The Drain. Yeah. They Got You As Soon As You Were Born. They Never Risked A Second Of Your Life. When You Have Kids They'll Be Telling Them They Have To Wear A Plastic Mask And Put A Penny In The Slot About Their Nose Before They Can Breathe In.

Being A Teenager Is As Difficult As Living With One. And We've All Been There. Perhaps That's The Reason We're So Hard On Them.