"I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books."

-- Zoe Wanamaker

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“The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one more clout with publishers and more notoriety among journalists. The effect on one's writing, however, is nil - otherwise, one would be in deep trouble.”
“I am a big believer in women's lib, but I love when a man holds a door for me.”
“How do you live a long life? "Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast."”
“Corner one of the hundreds of doctors who specialize in autism recovery, and they'll tell you stories of dozens of kids in their practice who no longer have autism. Ask them to speak to the press and they'll run for the door. They know better.”
“I will not negotiate with the undead!”
“I think it was Cosby who also said to me, 'If only 2 percent of the world thinks you're funny, you'll still fill stadiums for the rest of your life.'”
“My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made.”
“Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.”

Source : "Valerie Bertinelli comes clean on drugs, infidelity" by Jen Brown and Bob Considine, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.

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