"There is always time for failure"

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Source : John Mortimer (2010). “CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE”, p.272, Penguin UK

John Mortimer

“On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people.”
“People wander about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread.”
“When people tell you to walk a certain way, it's like not thinking of a purple tomato. You can't not do it.”
“For my hustlers, here's some motivation: He who has begun is half done.”
“I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you.”
“I was never less alone than when by myself.”
“Sometimes you just gotta cry, but you never,ever do it in public.”
“We need to have profound compassion for the people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life, and sexual identity disorders. This is a very real issue. It's not funny, it's sad. Any of you who have members of your family that are in the lifestyle-we have a member of our family that is. This is not funny. It's a very sad life. It's part of Satan, I think, to say this is gay. It's anything but gay.”

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