Colm Tóibín
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Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
But I just, I've stopped doing it.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
I mean, I just find it hard to get out of bed than I do.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
I wash myself in the morning.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
He was sort of like, there's nothing wrong with you.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
Go, you know, like, let's have, let's talk about something else.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
But he said, yeah, the thing about you is you bounce back.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
And it was such a liberating thing to say to me.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
And, you know, it sounded true when he said it.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
And, well, obviously I do.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
And that's a great gift, I think.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
Oh, it really is designed, I think, to be a theater of cruelty.
Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Colm Tóibín
And just the length of the dinner and the length of the speeches and the fact that, you know, no matter who you are, you think you're going to win.