The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race. Lynn Barber More Quotes by Lynn Barber More Quotes From Lynn Barber I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect that anyone and everyone is capable of 'living a lie'. I came to believe that other people - even when you think you know them well - are ultimately unknowable. Lynn Barber believe lying thinking I don't want to give a cool appraisal of Jeremy Irons. I just want to boil him in oil. Lynn Barber iron oil giving But perhaps this is what goes wrong with long marriages--you state your opinions, your likes and dislikes, at the beginning and then forget to mention when they change" (135). Lynn Barber likes-and-dislikes opinion long What did I get from Simon? An education - the thing my parents always wanted me to have. Lynn Barber parent wanted I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do. Lynn Barber selfishness care mean I just think I'm fairly aggressive. Lynn Barber aggressive thinking