I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint.
Source: Leslie Halliwell, in Prick up Your Ears: The Screenplay, 1987.
-- Alan Bennett, (May 9 1934-____), English dramatist, actor; His was co-author of and actor in Beyond the Fringe, 1960.