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Nicholas Hytner, theatre and opera director, on his days at Manchester Grammar, Daily Telegraph
I read about a clinic in Arizona for sex addiction. I suppose I should be in one, but I have no intention of being cured.
Nicolas Roeg, film-maker,
Movieline magazine
People don't really want to see sex. They want to almost see it.
Paul Schrader, film-maker, ibid.
What would I have done if Sinatra had written his own songs?
Sammy Cahn, 1913-93, recalling
his recurring nightmare
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Kate Adie, on covering the war
in Bosnia, Guardian
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Sharon Stone, star of Basic
Instinct, Sunday Mirror Magazine
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