I'm So Moved To Hear

A Lot Of Writing About Being A Mother Is Not So Much Writing About The Kids Themselves. They Become Placeholders For The Shift That Happens When You're Suddenly In Charge Of Other People.

I Had Been Feeling A Little Rum. I Didn't Think It Was Anything Serious Because Years Ago I Felt A Lump And It Was Benign. I Assumed This Would Be Too. It Kind Of Takes The Wind Out Of Your Sails, And I Don't Know What The Future Holds, If Anything.

I Had A Very Good English Teacher Who Said To Me That She Thought I Ought To Do It. She - I Don't Know, She Saw Something Thank Goodness Because I Think If It Hadn't Been Encouraged By Somebody That Serious, I'm Not Sure What Would've Happened To Me.

There Is A Kind Of Invisible Thread Between The Actor And The Audience, And When It's There It's Stunning, And There Is Nothing To Match That.

It's True I Don't Tolerate Fools But Then They Don't Tolerate Me, So I Am Spiky. Maybe That's Why I'm Quite Good At Playing Spiky Elderly Ladies.