I’ve been lugging around Doris Lessing’s books, which I have yet to read.
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Any unread book a friend bought me.
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I’ve never read any Salman Rushdie.
My new year resolution is actually to read all the classics and I’m ashamed that I haven’t read everything by the Brontë sisters.
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To believe my eyes and not my ears.
Another actress once said to me, “I’ve told you huge lies to make you feel good about yourself.” I’m not going to say who.
I once walked up to Harriet Walter while she was having lunch on her own because I thought I knew her, and then when I got up to the table I realised I didn’t know her, I just recognised her because she was Harriet Walter.
My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.
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