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Books are not about passing the time. They’re about other lives. Other worlds.

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Standards are always out of date. That’s what makes them standards.
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Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting. Briefing closes down a subject, reading opens it up.
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Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale is diminished in proportion to that of space it would be quite possible for the whole story of Greece and Rome to be played out between farts.
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I’m for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.
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In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint.
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Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.
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I can walk. It’s just that I’m so rich I don’t need to.
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Books are not about passing time. They’re about other lives. Other worlds.
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I’m not “happy” but I’m not unhappy about it.
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I think the writer’s quite low down in the hierarchy really. But the fact that they took the piss out of Nicholas [Hynter] who, besides being the director, is also director of the National Theatre is, I’d have thought, slightly more risky.
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I’m not good at precise, coherent argument. But plays are suited to incoherent argument, put into the mouths of fallible people.
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Over the years Miss Shepherd was visited by a succession of social workers so the character in the play is a composite figure.
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The thing I think about is that once you’ve done it, you then start to think about what you’re going to do next.
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Books did not care who was reading them or whether one read them or not. All readers were equal, herself included. Literature, she thought, is a commonwealth; letters a republic.
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Some local boys come in and there is a bit of chat between them and the fish-fryer about whether the kestrel under the counter is for sale.
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You always know when you’re going to arrive. If you go by car, you don’t. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling. It puts you in a good mood, I find.
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