I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters to my grandpa when he was a prisoner of war, while my nana, Mary, was a Land Girl, then a Wren. They were so independent, resilient and glamorous.


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What's great about making movies is the sort of additive process of bringing people together and...
LAURA ZISKIN
I describe myself as someone who was always putting on a show, even when I was a little girl. I want...
LAURA ZISKIN
I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.
LAURA WILKINSON
The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dive...
LAURA WILKINSON
There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that...
LAURA WILKINSON
I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
LAURA WILKINSON
I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is...
LAURA WILKINSON
I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I fe...
LAURA WILKINSON
I love overcoming challenges and fear.
LAURA WILKINSON
There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.
LAURA WILKINSON
Fear has been a big battle, it runs rampant in my sport so I love to overcome that, to challenge it ...
LAURA WILKINSON
There's something about sitting face-to-face with an attorney in an office that enables people t...
LAURA WASSER
Many states favor joint custody.
LAURA WASSER
Evening bags should be just big enough for my phone, lipstick, house key, and credit card.
LAURA WASSER
For me, I don't participate in the filming when I represent a reality show star in a case, becau...
LAURA WASSER
Just about every therapist or counselor or social worker is practiced in dealing with people going t...
LAURA WASSER
A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, ...
LAURA WASSER
I think it is really important that people at least have some potentially difficult discussions abou...
LAURA WASSER
Couples counseling gets many couples back together. But not all, and not always. For your own sake a...
LAURA WASSER
Dissolution and custody matters are the great equalizers. Having done this for a while, you do reali...
LAURA WASSER
I think if you're going to be in a relationship with someone, you need to be able to share the r...
LAURA WASSER
Generally, there are no lightning bolts or magical signs that tell you when it is time to get divorc...
LAURA WASSER
I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the as...
LAURA WASSER
One client's wife managed to steam the labels off all of the several hundred bottles in her husb...
LAURA WASSER
To find a pool of lawyers from whom to choose, solicit referrals from other professionals you know o...
LAURA WASSER
Conversations about money certainly are not sexy, but they should give each of you some clarity and ...
LAURA WASSER
The rarity is the sudden epiphany or single turning point showing you with dramatic clarity that you...
LAURA WASSER
If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really s...
LAURA WASSER
Like the marriage contract you entered into, your divorce is a legal transaction. Treat it that way....
LAURA WASSER
My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law ...
LAURA WASSER
Just as you go to the gym regularly to keep your body fit, regular couples counseling can keep your ...
LAURA WASSER
Sometimes, just the act of venting is helpful. Counseling provides a safe haven for precisely that k...
LAURA WASSER
It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going ...
LAURA WADE
I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport...
LAURA WADE
I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quit...
LAURA WADE
Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wou...
LAURA WADE
It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?
LAURA WADE
Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've j...
LAURA WADE
'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bas...
LAURA WADE
I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting...
LAURA WADE
Apparently the show happens even if I'm not there. Who knew?
LAURA WADE
And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written...
LAURA WADE
In my final year at Bristol University, I wrote a play called 'White Feathers.' It was produ...
LAURA WADE
I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.
LAURA WADE
I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the op...
LAURA WADE
I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever se...
LAURA WADE
I don't like writing with real people in mind.
LAURA WADE
I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like...
LAURA WADE
It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
LAURA WADE
Quite often, little germs of ideas have come from something that I've observed or someone's ...
LAURA WADE
If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one ...
LAURA WADE
Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it become...
LAURA WADE
A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put...
LAURA WADE