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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work - and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. David Knopfler aspectbiographicalclean Change image and share on social
So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped. David Knopfler advancearrangementblood Change image and share on social
If you feel driven and compelled to make your work and to be fiercely original and have something unique to say, in a compelling way, then chances are the helpers will be there for you the doors will open some, the ice will crack. David Knopfler chancecompelcrack share on social
I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for. Nicola Sturgeon earthfeelgeneration Change image and share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
