I'm Not Trying To Uncover The Facts

People Never Remeber Happiness With The Care That They Lavish On Preserving Every Detail Of Their Suffering.

The Booker 2011 Is Of No More Interest To Me Than The World Heavyweight Championship, Which I'm Not Going To Win Either. It's Irrelevant.

Everything Was Usual. That Was Depression: Being Stuck, Clinging To An Out-of-date Version Of Oneself.

Proust Is A Hero Of Mine. I Read 'a La Recherche' In One Go, And I'm A Very Slow Reader. It Had An Astonishing Impact, Reading It On My Own And Being My Main Company. I Think Proust Is The Most Intelligent Person To Ever Have Written A Novel.

The Whole Melrose Series Is An Attempt To Tell The Truth, And Is Based On The Idea That There Is Some Salutary Or Liberating Power In Telling The Truth.