I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writing. And they're not necessarily friends. The writer is the one I want to reinforce; the author would just feed on… — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share Image
Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
It's no use imagining that bringing great writers together inevitably precipitates great conversation. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been any other way, how they were the product of forces that they had… — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
The thing about the 'Melrose' novels is that I have to feel they're impossible when I set out. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
Everything was usual. That was depression: being stuck, clinging to an out-of-date version of oneself. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
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. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
People never remeber happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating… — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
Looking after children can be a subtle way of giving up... They become the whole ones, the well ones, the postponement of happiness, the… — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
The first book I fell in love with was 'Little Toot,' the story of an adorable tugboat operating out of New York Harbor. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writing. And they're not necessarily… — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share
