I ask Laurie it it's possible to get trained fish. Lindsay says this is how we know I've never produced a movie.

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

I am who I am, and there is nothing I can do about that.

Lindsay Doran goes round the table and introduces everyone - making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.

Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise.

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.

Why do we wear them? They're so painful.