Human beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child … - John Darnielle

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Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and I began to scratch my first story on the inside of my mother's womb. ' I started later, in my early twenties.

John Darnielle

Human beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child and say, "I will never let that happen to you. "

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