The Best Form Of Government Is One

Well, To Be Honest I Think I Tell Less Truth When I Write Journalism Than When I Write Fiction.

When You Read A Great Book, You Don't Escape From Life, You Plunge Deeper Into It.

Life … Is A Bit Like Reading. … If All Your Responses To A Book Have Already Been Duplicated And Expanded Upon By A Professional Critic, Then What Point Is There To Your Reading? Only That It’s Yours. Similarly, Why Live Your Life? Because It’s Yours. But What If Such An Answer Becomes Less And Less Convincing?

Every Love Story Is A Potential Grief Story.

You Get Towards The End Of Life - No, Not Life Itself, But Of Something Else: The End Of Any Likelihood Of Change In That Life. You Are Allowed A Long Moment Of Pause, Time Enough To Ask The Question: What Else Have I Done Wrong?