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• Never, ever become a writer. It's a nightmare.
• I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which…
• Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone…
• I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success…
• Pick up any newspaper or magazine, open the TV, and you'll be bombarded with suggestions of how to have a successful life.…
• It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.
• The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated…
• We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to…
• I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not…
• What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.
• I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel.
• Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers.

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