Kelsey Grammer
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
the hotel, and as I walked downstairs at the appointed hour, I looked in and I saw a bunch of the same kind of people, and I thought, that is not the place to take a girl on a first date.
So I walked down the street, and I stood in the little meridian right opposite Harvey Nichols, and she came up out of the tube stop, and I saw her reapply her lipstick, and I sort of smiled, and then she looked up and saw me looking at her, and we took a walk. I said, let's go take a walk, and I'm going to go in there for a drink. And so we went toward Hyde Park.
So I walked down the street, and I stood in the little meridian right opposite Harvey Nichols, and she came up out of the tube stop, and I saw her reapply her lipstick, and I sort of smiled, and then she looked up and saw me looking at her, and we took a walk. I said, let's go take a walk, and I'm going to go in there for a drink. And so we went toward Hyde Park.
It was close to Christmas, so Winter Wonderland was up and running. And so I saw all the lights. It was a little cool. And then snowflakes started to fall. And I thought, pretty perfect. And we shared a kiss 20 minutes later.
It was close to Christmas, so Winter Wonderland was up and running. And so I saw all the lights. It was a little cool. And then snowflakes started to fall. And I thought, pretty perfect. And we shared a kiss 20 minutes later.
It was.
It was.
Well, what it meant was that she was along for the ride, that she'd been there all that time, that she was... Now, I'm not going to say she's perfect on this, because there were moments when she'd say, you know what, I could use a little attention over here, please, thank you. But she was willing to let me take the ride.
Well, what it meant was that she was along for the ride, that she'd been there all that time, that she was... Now, I'm not going to say she's perfect on this, because there were moments when she'd say, you know what, I could use a little attention over here, please, thank you. But she was willing to let me take the ride.
She was willing to let me fall into the grief, as I did a few times, and re-experience the loss and go so deep into a sort of a... because the grief was revivified too, you know what I mean? Yes. I went back in time, back in moments, back in time, moments of my childhood that I hadn't remembered for a long time.
She was willing to let me fall into the grief, as I did a few times, and re-experience the loss and go so deep into a sort of a... because the grief was revivified too, you know what I mean? Yes. I went back in time, back in moments, back in time, moments of my childhood that I hadn't remembered for a long time.
And I was fully in them, so she was missing me during that time, but willing to accept that and allow me to take the journey. And that's what was remarkable.
And I was fully in them, so she was missing me during that time, but willing to accept that and allow me to take the journey. And that's what was remarkable.
I didn't know how I was going to do it when I started. But I did have this sense that as it became a book, in the first couple of days of doing writing, the first day I wrote, I wrote about just a page and a half. And I realized then, I thought, oh, I think this is a book. This is a real book. And then I thought that I...
I didn't know how I was going to do it when I started. But I did have this sense that as it became a book, in the first couple of days of doing writing, the first day I wrote, I wrote about just a page and a half. And I realized then, I thought, oh, I think this is a book. This is a real book. And then I thought that I...
I had to take people with me, that they had to be invited along for the ride. And my obligation to them was to point the way back to things that I had known and learned and that would hopefully agitate their imagination enough to say, oh, yeah, I've lived that way. I've had that moment. So that we were on the trip together. So instead of holding just Karen's hand, I was holding the reader's hand.
I had to take people with me, that they had to be invited along for the ride. And my obligation to them was to point the way back to things that I had known and learned and that would hopefully agitate their imagination enough to say, oh, yeah, I've lived that way. I've had that moment. So that we were on the trip together. So instead of holding just Karen's hand, I was holding the reader's hand.
At one point in the book, I even write a letter to the reader. With the sort of the understanding that they might actually not want to finish the journey. But, you know, so far this is where we've gone. I hope you're with me still. If you want to put the book down now, that's okay. But I said, we have some things to do still. I have some places I have to go. And I have you now. I have you with me.
At one point in the book, I even write a letter to the reader. With the sort of the understanding that they might actually not want to finish the journey. But, you know, so far this is where we've gone. I hope you're with me still. If you want to put the book down now, that's okay. But I said, we have some things to do still. I have some places I have to go. And I have you now. I have you with me.
And so it was a very direct address kind of thing. There's a conceit about Henry Fielding who wrote Tom Jones. When I read Tom Jones, I was 18 years old. I was riding the subway all the time and I was laughing out loud at it.