The only thing I learned from his books is that once the word is written it's going to be held against you for the next hundred years, ... All along I thought this is not my story about living in Provence; it's a woman coming to terms with changing circumstances against a backdrop that happens to be Provence.

The play is about this woman finding a way to live without having someone to look after her.

The philosophy of being able as a woman to decide what you want and being unashamed about making it happen was new. Most successful businessmen are in that role. 'No' is never perceived as the end of the line. 'No' just means picking a new avenue.

The police said the woman had been talking to my daughter, but she never actually met up with her. They have cleared this woman of everything.

The popular notion of an antithesis between appearance and reality has exercised a very powerful influence on scientific and philosophical thought.