The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.

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Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country...

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country...

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is...

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is...

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible...

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible...

When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of...

When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of...

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he...

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he...

All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior...

All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior...

I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a...

I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a...

Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you...

Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you...

When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would...

When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would...

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has...

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has...

All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't...

All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't...

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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he...

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

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I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine...

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and...

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and...

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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

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Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned...

Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God?

Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God?

I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and...

I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and...

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke...

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke...