I don't think that girls would ever have wanted a grey-haired, wrinkly writer as a role model if they were wanting to feel good about maybe being gay...I'm sure they could find much more glamorous examples. (Jacqueline Wilson)

I don't think that girls would ever have wanted a grey-haired, wrinkly writer as a role model if they were wanting to feel good about maybe being gay...I'm sure they could find much more glamorous examples.

Jacqueline Wilson

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