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I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was too exciting to write.

Colm Toibin
Writing, Age, Barcelona
"You can take the man out of Ireland". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2009.
I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was too exciting to write.