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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Losing my mind.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2024 source ↗
Nothing. I love getting old – I love the freedom it allows you.
I go in every day to the office. I don't accomplish hardly anything. I mean, in terms of – it just takes me way longer to do things. And Greg is so good. It was kind of embarrassing how good he is, because he has covered – you know, we've got about 200 businesses within Berkshire, you know, that came about, and I can't name the manager's names or their wives names, or – and I haven't seen them, you know, in a long time. It's easier just to write the letter once a year and kind of do my own thing. Greg covers more ground in a day than I would in a week, even when I was at my peak, let alone my present condition.
That my nose and chin will touch.
Running out of time.
Nurturing, musical, uncompromising.
The Middle East crisis.
Not finishing things.
I was doing The Seagull with Carey Mulligan and Kristin Scott Thomas on Broadway. I walked out on stage and looked at Carey and said: “I’ve no idea what to say.” It was pretty deep into the run and it took me by surprise.
To tell the truth.
Stimulating in every way.
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