Having failed to get into Herman Koch's The Dinner, I'm going to give him one more chance with Summer House With Swimming Pool – partly because I like the title and partly because one of my favourite authors, David Vann, is recommending it.
At Curzon: 18 months Role: Various, but I'm quite often in the cafe, partly because I like talking to people.
A car affords great freedom of movement, and that is partly why I like automotive design – for the sense of liberation the finished product affords.
Partly because I like to dream I could still do it with some gym work and a good car, but mostly because I have a lot of respect for him and it is just a little uncomfortable to watch.
There is some, but that's partly because I like to edit and I like to cut and if we get too tied into someone pouring an orange juice then I have trouble matching [the shots].
As a postdoc, I had a reputation for unpunctuality, mainly because I was usually so wrapped up in my experiments that the rest of life tended to pass me by and partly I just liked the quiet of a late-evening lab.
Although the four of us could fit in the front, I usually sat in the back, in the open air, partly because I liked it, partly to keep the peace — I was always getting into noisy fights with my sister — but mainly so that I could spend some time with my good friend Geniol, the family dog.
And partly I think I liked it because it has a female protagonist.
"I remember him partly because I liked him so much," she said.
But he was often irritable and cranky, that's partly why I liked him so much — annoyed by so many annoying things.
