Lesley Manville Quotes

Corinne Bailey Rae I listen to a lot, and I'll hear Desert Island Discs and quickly write down the name of a song, and it will open up a new area of music for me. I discovered an Argentinian guitarist, Jose Luis Bieito, on Classic FM.

Lesley Manville

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I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'

Rachel Cusk
- People
- Time
- Long
Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.

Kate Forsyth
- Writing
- Age
- Death
I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.

Frances Fisher
- Doing
- Start
- Television
I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

Barbara Kruger
- Girl
- Language
- Gun
To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.

Danica Patrick
- You
- Difference
- Driven
We talk about feelings. And about sex. And about bodies, and their gratification, violation, repair, decoration, deferred, maybe permanently deferred, mortality. Feelings are a bodily thing, and respecting them is called, is, kindness.

A. S. Byatt
- Feelings
- Sex
- Kindness