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When I was a little kid, I told stories.

I wrote my first short story in third grade.

In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories.

When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.

When I was as little as four years old, my mom would give me a pen and paper and tell me to write a story to keep me busy.

I told my whole life story in my book.

Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along.

'The Lion' all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, 'Let's try to make a story about it.'

The first story I finished was when I was six years old.