Losing his parents inspired Robert Lindsay to write

Robert Lindsay is a BAFTA, Tony and Olivier Award-winning actor known for starring roles in everything from Shakespeare to television comedy My Family. He has also been awarded the Royal Television Best Actor Award, a Variety Club Award and a Fred Astaire Award.

Q: What inspired you to write?

“The death of my parents.”

Q: Which is the one book that changed your life?

“Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence.”

Q: Is there any author who has greatly inspired you?

“Charles Dickens.”

Q: What’s the one phrase from a book you read, that stands out in your memory?

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.” [from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities]