Bruce Chatwin Quote

The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of my own. I managed the first line, 'I am a swallow.' Then I looked up and asked, 'How do you spell telephone wires?

Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989 (ed. Penguin, 1997) - ISBN: 9781101503195