I don’t care as long as Jeffrey and I go together and we end up in a big suite with a view of the ocean.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 20 September 2016 source ↗
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What kind of death would you consider a good one?Originally asked
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Helena Bonham Carter
Actor
At the right time, and like my father—utterly without fear or pain, at home, with all whom I love. It was his last lesson as a parent to me.
Terry Gross
Radio interviewer
Swiftly, painlessly, and old.
Sally Mann
Photographer
Quickly, without warning, maybe even in my sleep, and while we're putting in requests: before I lose my mind and my ability to gallop across the countryside on horseback.
Bonnie Raitt
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In my sleep in my 90s, after a great gig.
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Pain. I told Jeffrey that if I have a really bad headache just pull the plug.
That they want to be with me.
Lying on the sofa watching old episodes of Law & Order all day.
Sundays in Paris with Jeffrey. We go to the Sunday market, make a nice lunch, drink a big bottle of Burgundy, and then take a long delicious nap. Heaven.
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