To be ourselves we must have ourselves – possess, if need be re-possess, our life-stories. We must recollect ourselves, recollect the inner drama, the narrative, of ourselves. A man needs such a narrative, a continuous inner narrative, to maintain his identity, his self.

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic (ed. Pan Macmillan, 2014) - ISBN: 9781447275411