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" If you're actually allowing your creative part to control your writing rather than a more commercial instinct or motive, then you'll find that all sorts of interesting things will bubble up to the surface. "

Emma Thompson

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Writing

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Emma Thompson

Think

Stranger

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Emma Thompson

Human

Really

" My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman. "

Emma Thompson

Appearance

Feel

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" Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch it so silently, until the end when they shriek and shout and clap. "

Emma Thompson

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