I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.

I remember when I wanted every pitch to be a strike.

As a seven-year-old, I remember when Etan Patz disappeared and was immortalized as the first missing-child face on a milk carton.

I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.

I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire.

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.'