Nell Scovell (Helen Vivian Scovell) Quotes
When you start a memoir, you think, 'I'm going to blast all the people who were mean to me.' And then you start writing, and you go, actually, it's so much more fun to say nice things about people who were kind and generous to you.
Nell Scovell
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I take my work seriously.
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