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"Writer: What, above all, Im primarily concerned with is the substance of life, the pith of reality. If I had to sum up my work, thats it, really. Im taking the pith out of reality."
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Alan BennettHe had never read Proust, but he had somehow taken a short cut across — Alan Bennett
"He had never read Proust, but he had somehow taken a short cut across the allotments and arrived at the same conclusions."
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Alan Bennett is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005 he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award.
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"Mrs Wicksteed: Of course, Ive known for years our marriage has been a mockery. My body lying there night after night in the wasted moonlight. I know now how the Taj Mahal must feel."
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