Meg Rosoff
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Swimming in the North Sea at midnight, surrounded by phosphorescence.
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On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life.
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John Grisham
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This morning. I had a typical day: got up early, took the dog for a walk, went to the gym for an hour, then wrote for four hours. That makes me a very happy person.
Steve Pemberton
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Phoning my dad to tell him we’d won the Edinburgh Perrier award with The League Of Gentlemen in 1997.
Ian Wright
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1990 FA Cup final, playing for Crystal Palace.
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