“I count it as one of the great moments of my life when I first realized one could actually walk out of a theatre. I don’t mean offensively – but go to the bar at the interval and not come back. I first did it at Oxford: I was watching Playboy of the Western World and when the bell rang at the interval I asked myself: ‘Am I enjoying myself? No, I’ve never watched such stupid balls.’ So I just had another drink and walked out into the evening sunshine.”
– Philip Larkin, “An Interview with the Observer,” Required Writing
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