Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.
ALAN BRADLEYAlthough it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.
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And I had long ago become accustomed to being called ‘Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.
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Except I’m aware that as a writer you can’t get away with as much writing for children as you can with adults.
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If poisons were ponies, I’d put my money on cyanide.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one’s self is like the heat in an oven.
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During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
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TV and film taught me to think cinematically. Teaching others to edit, for example, provides a great deal of insight into the millions of ways in which given elements can be put together to tell a story.
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It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
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One that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa.
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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about.
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I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books.
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What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation.
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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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