“You know, I always thought old age would be a writer’s best chance. Whenever I read the late work of Goethe or W. B. Yates, I had the impertinence to identify with it. Now- my memory’s gone. All the old fluency has disappeared. I don’t write a single sentence without saying to myself: ‘It’s a lie!’ So, I know I was right! It’s the best chance I’ve ever had.” - Samuel Beckett from Four Men Shaking.