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Chaotic, daft and loving.
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Independent, curious and funny.
Loving, sincere, honest.
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View profile →I did an interview years ago and, after it finished, I made some passing comment about sex getting better as you get older – and they used that as the headline. The day the paper came out, I was in a restaurant with the family when a woman on the table next to me leaned over and said, in a sultry voice, “I read your article this morning.”
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If it scares you, do it.
Like a warm velvet glove.
David Attenborough, because he introduced me to the world.
Instead of saying, “I tripped up”, you have to use the words, “I had a fall.”
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