Lupita Nyong'o
Actress
When I have a to-do list and finish it in the time I intended to.
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Raising two children. If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, then you deserve a medal.
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John Grisham
American writer and lawyer
Being able to write books that entertain people around the world.
Having a family and still loving each other.
In the Pet Shop Boys song Being Boring they’ve a great line that says “I never dreamed that I would get to be the creature that I always meant to be”. And I feel I am, so that’s great.
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As a writer who championed women with grit and wit.
Falling in love is like going to the doctor and being told that you need to put on weight. You feel elated.
Hitchhiking across Australia as a teenager, relying on the kindness of passing serial killers.
My own books being discounted. Oh, and sharks. The reason we Aussies swim so fast is because something much bigger is always trying to eat us.
Worrying about the faux pas I made earlier that evening. I tend to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.
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