I guess I’m only talking about my childhood. Things that become part of you when you’re a child and then you grow up and somehow they don’t — and tha… - Romain Gary

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I guess I’m only talking about my childhood. Things that become part of you when you’re a child and then you grow up and somehow they don’t — and that’s how you never get to be a mature person, an adult, with those naïve beliefs in you that never grew up . . .

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About Romain Gary

Romain Gary, born Romain Kacew (8 May 1914 - 2 December 1980) was a Jewish-French novelist, film director, WWII pilot and diplomat. He wrote under many pseudonyms including Shatan Bogat, Rene Deville and Fosco Sinibaldi. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice, once under his own name and again under the pseudonym Émile Ajar.

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Alternative Names: Émile Ajar • Emile Ajar • Fosco Sinibaldi • Shatan Bogat • René Deville • Roman Kacew
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