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title: "3 Fascinating Quotes By Laura Wade"
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> [Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/maybe-if-i-d-had-more-direct-contact-with-death-i-wouldn-t-find-it-so/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/laura-wade-21809_about_maybe-if-i-d-had-more-direct-contact-wit_464606.jpg)

> [A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/a-fascinating-breed-old-etonians-impeccable-in-their-social-skills/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/laura-wade-21809_absolutely_a-fascinating-breed-old-etonians-impecca_2922019.jpg)

> ['Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bash Old Etonians. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/posh-is-not-really-political-i-didn-t-want-to-aim-a-brickbat-at-the/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/laura-wade-21809_about_posh-is-not-really-political-i-didn-t-wa_3180095.jpg)

## Other authors on Fascinating

## More by Laura Wade

> [Old Etonians are the most charming people in the world. It's not just the analytic ability and the great education; there is a really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/old-etonians-are-the-most-charming-people-in-the-world-it-s-not-just/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [We're not going to create a more equal society by not prodding at it, are we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/we-re-not-going-to-create-a-more-equal-society-by-not-prodding-at-it/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/i-think-a-lot-of-playwrights-have-a-script-in-their-bottom-drawer/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/i-m-always-drawn-to-writing-things-that-feel-like-uncharted-territory/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/maybe-if-i-d-had-more-direct-contact-with-death-i-wouldn-t-find-it-so/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/it-s-very-lucky-to-be-able-to-do-a-job-where-i-get-to-sit-about/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [I don't like writing with real people in mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/i-don-t-like-writing-with-real-people-in-mind/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/and-i-admit-it-there-s-a-rather-dirty-thrill-when-700-people-laugh-at/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [Quite often, little germs of ideas have come from something that I've observed or someone's told me. The process of it becoming fiction is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/quite-often-little-germs-of-ideas-have-come-from-something-that-i-ve/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the texture of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/writing-a-tribe-is-fun-they-have-their-own-language-their-own-slang/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the opportunity to plan their own deaths,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/i-am-interested-in-the-way-advances-in-medicine-and-palliative-care/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [Whether you like the look or not, that tailcoat is a tough shell, a suit of armour. The posh boy is a hardy species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/whether-you-like-the-look-or-not-that-tailcoat-is-a-tough-shell-a/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [I'm not posh at all. I grew up in Sheffield but never managed to pick up the accent - which was careless because there'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/i-m-not-posh-at-all-i-grew-up-in-sheffield-but-never-managed-to-pick/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/it-s-not-a-meritocracy-until-everyone-starts-with-the-same/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

> [I think we love watching rich people behave badly. It has a sort of grisly fascination for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wade/i-think-we-love-watching-rich-people-behave-badly-it-has-a-sort-of/)

[Laura Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wade/)

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