We needed a whole series that was about resolution so we decided to do six, so it's not as if we're cutting ourselves short, it's good to leave the party when the people are still sorry that you'll go and not wait until everyone's incredibly relieved.

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Lust, that state commonly known as 'being in love,' is a kind of madness. It is a distortion of reality so remarkable that it should, by rights, enable most of us to understand the other forms of lunacy with the sympathy of fellow-sufferers. But, paradoxically, mad and suffering as one is, and the heat of the flame, few of us are glad as we feel that passion slip away No, while most people have been at their unhappiest when in love, it is nevertheless the state the human being yearns for above all.

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Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother wou... by Julian Fellowes

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.

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Vulgarity is no substitute for wit. by Julian Fellowes

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

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Harsh reality is always better than false hope. by Julian Fellowes

Harsh reality is always better than false hope.

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What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey. by Julian Fellowes

What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.

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People tend to view history as if it were another planet and think the modern world was invented in 1963. I don't agree.

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Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that... by Julian Fellowes

Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.

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The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the term... by Julian Fellowes

The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms.

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If we don't respect the past, we'll find it harder to build a fut... by Julian Fellowes

If we don't respect the past, we'll find it harder to build a future.

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To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolu... by Julian Fellowes

To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

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I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and fathe... by Julian Fellowes

I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.

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Most of the soap operas always use the Christmas special to kill huge quantities of their characters. So they have trams coming off their rails, or cars slamming into each other or burning buildings. It's a general clean-out.

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If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.

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Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration... by Julian Fellowes

Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration.

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Life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous. by Julian Fellowes

Life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous.

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What does she do?" "She's a producer." Of course, in Los Angeles this doesn't mean much more than "she's a member of the human race.

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We are usually undone by our lack of understanding of ourselves. by Julian Fellowes

We are usually undone by our lack of understanding of ourselves.

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You are my whole existence and I will love you until my last brea... by Julian Fellowes

You are my whole existence and I will love you until my last breath.

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One of the great injustices in fiction is that on the whole people with romantic yearnings have romantic faces. But in real life it's not always like that.

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In my defence I can only say that her past, too, like mine, like everyone's in fact, was a locked box. Occasionally we allow people a peep, but generally only at the top level. The darker streams of our memories we negotiate alone.

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