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One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.

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I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother's house was filled with English books. I was a very early reader, so I was really brought up being surrounded with piles of British books and British newspapers, British magazines. I developed a really great love of England.

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I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material - something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.

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Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.

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TV and film taught me to think cinematically. Teaching others to edit, for example, provides a great deal of insight into the millions of ways in which given elements can be put together to tell a story.

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It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest, and I had long ago become accustomed to being called 'Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.

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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.

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The very best people are like that. They don't entangle you like flypaper.

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Whenever I'm with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.

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If poisons were ponies, I'd put my money on cyanide.

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