Tony Parsons
Tony Parsons
tattoo flesh ugly
Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it.
teenage years trying
My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart - I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade.
nice people guy
People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am.
bully coward behaviour
I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else.
letting-go mean knowing
Love means knowing when to let go.
honeymoon
It can't always be a honeymoon
lucky sometimes moments
Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky, we are aware of happiness when it is actually happening.
thinking years class
Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head.
sometimes painful break
It's painful and it's messy. But sometimes you just have to make the break and start again.
who-cares care
I once read somewhere that, in any relationship, the one who cares the least is the one with all the power.
rip hatred racist
If someone does something illegal on Twitter - like incite hatred, or make racist remarks, or threaten to rip someone's intestines out if they insult Justin Bieber - then there has to be some way of censuring them.
falling-in-love years thailand
I've been visiting Thailand for more than 20 years but didn't fall in love with it until I visited Phuket Town in Phuket. The northern part of Phuket is one of the most fascinating places I've ever been, and largely unspoilt and unknown.
years parent gone
My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.
growing-up children fall
The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.