In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more … - William Boyd

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I first bought a Buffy Sainte-Marie record when I was 12, and her music has always remained with me. In the 1960s, as a political activist, Buffy's lyrics were fearless, and I'm very grateful for all the risks that she took.

William Boyd

In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.

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We all possess, like it or not, the people we know, and are possessed by them in turn.

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When it's mutual, a man and a woman know, instinctively, wordlessly. They may do nothing about it, but the knowledge of that shared desire is out there in the world - as obvious as neon, saying: I want you, I want you, I want you.

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Is that a good definition of marking the ageing watershed? That moment when you realize - quite rationally, quite unemotionally - that the world in the not-so-distant future will not contain you: that the trees you planted will continue growing but you will not be there to see them.

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It's amazing how sudden the effect is - it must be the result of a deep atavistic mating urge buried inside us. A glance and you think: 'Yes, this is the one, this one is right for me. ' Every instinct in your body seems to sing in unison.

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Sometimes limbo is a tolerable place to be stuck.

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And when you're on your own there is that terrifying possibility that you may be the only person on the planet who thinks it's funny - and you have no way of finding out.

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There's more power in the simpler things, I think.

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Ideally, I'd like everybody to be secular.

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First of all I listen to music. I like music.

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