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I did very badly at school. My headmaster
thought I was1and when I was 14, he said, "You are2going
to be anything but a failure."
After five years of3jobs, I fell in love with a very nice
middle— class girl. It was the best4that could have happened to me. I
decided to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to her
what people said about me was5, especially her mother, who had said to
me, "You have failed at everything you have ever done.” So I tried hard
with my6and went to college. My first novel7while I was at college.
After college I taught during the8in high schools and attended evening
classes at London University, where I got a9in history. I became a lecturer at a
college and was thinking of giving up that job to write full time when I was
offered a part— time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself—it
was a working— class boy who had left school early, now teaching at the
university.
My writing career(生涯)10when
I realized my own style. Now I am rich and famous, have been on TV, and met
lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I just wish all the people that have
put me down had said, "I believe in you. You will succeed.