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The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2025 source ↗
I couldn’t do it. I realised recently that all the things that have gone wrong are just as important as all the things that went right.
Perhaps a few drunken incidents – but I’ll keep the coat.
Nothing. Everything happens for a reason.
My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
Losing my husband. We are properly codependent.
Running out of time.
Three times when I lived in New York, I missed seeing David Bowie in real life by moments.
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.
One time an engineer said, “I always forget your frequency is at the same level as a crying baby.” I think he was on to something, because I have been told to shush many times over the years.
I think we become stars.
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