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My dear friend Katy. I’m sorry that I couldn’t stop you from making the most devastating decision. She committed suicide.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 April 2022 source ↗
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He knows who he is. I’ve apologised. I wish it made more difference.
My first wife – we were too young.
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Edith Bowman
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Martin Scorsese. I was, let’s say, slightly tactile with him during a Q&A; I was more nervous than I’ve been about anything. I kept tapping his knee, it might even have been bruised by the end.
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