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Words have a longevity that I do not have.

I've always been somebody who's acutely aware of my mortality.

Having lost people when they were young, you feel intimately acquainted with mortality, I guess. Though I procrastinate worse than anybody.

Sometimes I wish my first word was 'quote,' so that on my death bed, my last words could be 'end quote.'

Ideally my goal is, before I die, to have some information about every word that's ever been used in print.

I have died in enough TV and films.

I've always been aware of mortality because I've always had ill health most of my life.

I was fascinated by mortality. Most people are, even if they don't admit it.

I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously.