Marian Seldes

I always think of myself as an 18-year-old beginning my career, all the time.

I know I'm funny, because I'm eccentric, I'm odd. I'm not what you expect.

I have had a career in which, almost without exception, every single person I've worked with has helped me.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

My style is Edie Sedgwick meets Grace Jones, or Audrey Hepburn meets Salt 'n' Pepa. Strong and feisty but still classic.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.