english: I wrote all through childhood, all through adolescence, by the time I was a teenager I was sending my very bad stories to The New Yorker, hoping to be discovered.
non_english: Ik schreef toen ik kind was, toen ik tiener was. Toen ik tiener was, zond ik mijn slechte verhalen naar The New Yorker, en hoopte ontdekt te worden.