I Think That Some Laughter Comes From

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.

The Thing About The 'melrose' Novels Is That I Have To Feel They're Impossible When I Set Out.

Looking After Children Can Be A Subtle Way Of Giving Up... They Become The Whole Ones, The Well Ones, The Postponement Of Happiness, The Ones Who Won't Drink Too Much, Give Up, Get Divorced, Become Mentally Ill. The Part Of Oneself That's Fighting Against Decay And Depression Is Transferred To Guarding Them From Decay And Depression. In The Meantime One Decays And Gets Depressed.

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

It's No Use Imagining That Bringing Great Writers Together Inevitably Precipitates Great Conversation.