you know, you re writing about your husband, your life partner, but you re also writing about somebody s son, somebody s brother. yeah. so i got their permission to do it. and partly it was because. ..i wanted to tell the story, actually, and partly because i thought it might be good for other people who were going through the same thing. and also, actually, writers write, it s what i do. is that ever exploitative? oh, yeah. yes, of course it is. this is the thing people say about the chip of ice, don t they, in the writer s heart. and there are elements, i think, when you re dealing with stuff which is extremely painful for other people, and you re editing and selecting because you have a story to tell and there are rules of narrative and you want to, you want people to read it. but that s a trade off, i think. is this a project that has integrity and honesty? is it valuable? well, if you think so, yes, then you do. the other thing is, you know, you bump into people in life. i learnt
difficult to read in a way. why have you done it? well, i thought if i m going to do this, i m going to do this. so i thought, full, there s never full disclosure, but i thought as much disclosure as i can. i got permission from david s family. i was going to say, because, you know, you re writing about your husband, your life partner, but you re also writing about somebody s son, somebody s brother. yeah. so i got their permission to do it. and partly it was because. ..i wanted to tell the story, actually, and partly because i thought it might be good for other people who were going through the same thing. and also, actually, writers write, it s what i do. is that ever exploitative? oh, yeah. yes, of course it is. this is the thing people say about the chip of ice, don t they, in the writer s heart. and there are elements, i think, when you re dealing with stuff which is extremely painful for other people, and you re editing and selecting because you have a story to tell and there are
well, i thought if i m going to do this, i m going to do this. so i thought, full, there s never full disclosure, but i thought as much disclosure as i can. i got permission from david s family. i was going to say, because, you know, you re writing about your husband, your life partner, but you re also writing about somebody s son, somebody s brother. yeah. so i got their permission to do it. and partly it was because. ..i wanted to tell the story, actually, and partly because i thought it might be good for other people who were going through the same thing. and also, actually, writers write, it s what i do. is that ever exploitative? oh, yeah. yes, of course it is. this is the thing people say about the chip of ice, don t they, in the writer s heart. and there are elements, i think, when you re dealing with stuff which is extremely painful for other people, and you re editing and selecting because you have a story