“The thing is, my father has about as much rhythm as a drunken octopus […]”

“My Father roballen2, died in a car crash in early 2011...much BULLSHIT has been spread around about him since then"...Lily Allen”

“...'My father called me an enthusiast. I am enthusiastic about things. A lot of things.' - Mary”

“I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be a rhythm with it … Interviewers have said, you like jazz, don’t you? Because we can hear it in your writing. And I thought that was a compliment.”

“I remembered my father's speech about what Jack was capable of and wasn't; he'd said, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MUCH JACK LOVES YOU. I thought about all the girls he'd stopped loving; it was like he had a timer, and at a certain point it buzzed.”

“Now I am an outcast. I loathe my country. The best thing for me is a drunken sleep on the beach.”