I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out.
“Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.”
“Something just happens when you read a part. You know, if you'd like to do it or if you don't believe it.”