Some jobs required a certain level of detachment; a turning off of emotions in order to do the things that needed to be done.
I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.
I don't seek to be in the tabloids but I suppose sometimes I go out and I'm wearing something and they take a picture and it's in.
I have a lot of male friends that I go the cinema with and movie and shopping. A lot of men friends I know love shopping.
I have to say that those nine years were full of turmoil and drama and trauma to me, in actual fact.
Of course it does on opening night, but I've never had that devastating stage fright that some people get, but apparently, you can develop it.
In fact, the 20th century I think was the most fascinating century and the whole of man civilization because so much happened.
Sometimes it's nice to think, "Oh, I can only do this one thing. " Instead of feeling like, "I could theoretically, maybe, if I applied myself, could be successful in a number of different fields. " That can be overwhelming. Sometimes it's nice to have this myopic vision for your life and that's the only thing you can imagine yourself doing.
The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.
God sent Jesus to join the human experience, which means to make a lot of mistakes. Jesus didn't arrive here knowing how to walk. He had fingers and toes, confusion, sexual feelings, crazy human internal processes. He had the same prejudices as the rest of his tribe: he had to learn that the Canaanite woman was a person. He had to suffer the hardships and tedium and setbacks of being a regular person. If he hadn't the incarnation would mean nothing.
My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.