- 9.2.04 15:32
- Undaunted, he fires up another cigarillo, and inhales deeply. 'Sometimes,' he says, sounding suddenly reflective, 'I think of that wonderful line by George Opren, the great American poet, that I used in The Invention of Solitude. He's talking about the apparent suddenness with which we grow old, and he says, "What a strange thing to happen to a little boy". That's it exactly. You're trying to resurrect that little boy.'