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" As a single parent, I had become tyrannical in order to survive, and anything I couldn't control caused me enormous anxiety. As a naturally untidy, disorganised man who never made lists or kept receipts, morphing into someone who could take care of a toddler on his own may have caused me to overcompensate a little. "
Anxiety
Care
Me
" Both my parents were very supportive of me in whatever I wanted to do. "
Very
Supportive
Parents
" Every parent, no matter how cultured or sophisticated, will one day succumb to a child's pleas to visit Walt Disney World Resort. "
Will
Day
Child
" Everything that we love will, at some point, be taken away from us. If I think about everyone I love eventually being taken away from me by death, or simply by getting lost from each other in the world, it makes me value them much more now. "
Think
World
Love
" Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in. "
Christmas
Doors
Grief
" I find hunger more interesting than accomplishment. "
Find
More
Accomplishment
" If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy. "
Travel
Hotel
Enemy
" In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the ancient Greeks and Romans also held the view that acceptance is the beginning of wisdom. "
Wisdom
Strength
Beginning
" I once saved someone from drowning. "
Someone
Saved
Once
" I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off. "
Excitement
Fall
Love
" I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson. "
American
Great
Heroes
" I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper. "
Pen
Away
Mean
" I was living in a large apartment with no furniture, just a typewriter, and because I had nothing else to do with my time, it made me take my writing seriously. "
Time
Living
Furniture
" Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian. "
Sleep
Knowing
Food
" Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of art for public view. "
Art
City
Life
" Shoes are a neutral blessing for us because feet generally aren't regarded as a place where the battle for self-esteem is won or lost. Feet don't change size when the body does through the natural ageing process. "
Change
Body
Battle
" Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do. "
Single
Not Knowing
Yourself
" The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world. "
Moment
Beautiful
Courage
" The most frustrating part of trying to direct everything is not that it alienates you from people who genuinely want to help, but that it's actually impossible. "
Help
Impossible
People
" There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying nothing at all. "
Saying
Said
Nothing
" This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic. "
Aesthetic
Decisions
Fashion
" When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it. "
Something
Work Hard
Doing
" When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in yourself a bit more. "
Landscape
Yourself
You
" Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the coming night. "
Moment
Day
Alone
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