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I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way. ”
Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well. ”
I'm not much given to making shamanistic remarks about all this, but I'm a great believer in the dream life. If I can carry without spilling whatever it is that drips into my head in the night to my desk, then that's valuable. ”
It was a beautiful experience for her, the experience that she had that she confesses. It wasn't dirty and it wasn't horrible and wasn't shattering. It was a wonderful, liberating experience. ”
I thought I understood the story very well, because I've lived with it for so long. But movies change and take on a life of their own once they start to be made, and you have to keep your eye on the real ball, not the ball that's in your head. ”
The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods. ”
Life is too short to be a boring company. ”
Life is not about money. ”
I have lived and worked in Britain all my life. Not even in the dark days of penal Labour taxation in the Seventies did I have any intention of leaving the country of my birth. ”
I mean I don't really think about it. You know, do you know what I often say to myself? I think you're very lucky in life if you know what you want to do. ”