Ian McEwan
British novelist and screenwriter
Exhilarating. I’ve been extremely lucky in that the person I love, Annalena, happens to be my wife.
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Uncontrollable, wonderful.
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I’m trying to figure out how to receive unconditional love. That’s hard to do when you’ve never really had it, so I’m trying to navigate that.
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Turning on the news.
Going on stage and saying, “Good evening Lyon!” I was in Marseille.
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