As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, 'I want to be Kurt Vonnegut.'

I remember way back when I was young, 10 years ago.

I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.