When I was 14 my copy of Lauren Bacall by Myself was confiscated during a physics class. Discovering how much Bacall liked a cream cheese bagel for breakfast seemed more important than how fast marbles travelled down a drainpipe. At the appointed hour I saw, coming towards me on the opposite side, Lauren Bacall. Lauren Bacall was here buying cheese!” “Don’t be silly,” she said. “Crikey, there’s Lauren Bacall,” I said nervously to one of the people who worked for the New York producers.

Source: The Guardian July 30, 2017 04:52 UTC