I could never do just one thing, but everything I do is in the direction of stories. Sometimes … - Damian Barr

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Of the many things we have done to democracy in the past, the worst has been the indignity of taking it for granted.

Damian Barr

I could never do just one thing, but everything I do is in the direction of stories. Sometimes writing them, sometimes showcasing them, sometimes letting people see them.

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I started writing when I was a journalist. But every time I sat down to write a novel or a story, I ended up writing about myself, which was incredibly annoying and self-involved.

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I think the secret of memoirs is keeping those parts of yourself off the page, which makes what you do share more valuable.

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The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves are very often not really what happened. And as I started to write stuff down, I started to challenge what I thought I knew about myself, my culture, my family, all of it. It was a huge, destroying process that completely took over my life. I just wasn't here, I mean I was physically present, but I wasn't here, I was back in the 1980s.

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I am a gay writer, but I am also a Scottish writer and some days a lazy writer, or a funny writer. Being gay is just a part of who I am.

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I do feel a responsibility. It's a privilege to be able to speak about it, but I don't speak for all gay people.

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