About Mary Hoffman: Mary Hoffman is a British writer and critic.
I often think how unadventurous my life must seem from the outside, though I do like my job.
How can you tell when a piece is finished?'I asked. 'You can't,' he said flatly. 'All you can tell is when you can't do any more to it. And then you need to stop because if you don't, you will spoil it.
As long as Luciano and Arianna were together, he felt that all was right with the world.