English novelist (1949- )
The press is more vicious than the populace.... It's hard to disentangle what was present in the national psyche to begin with, and what was added. It does seem peculiarly British to want to destroy eminence -- though often it's an unearned eminence, more plain ubiquity -- and once the boot has been applied, there's a huge queue of people wanting to do the same.
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The Guardian, Feb. 22, 2014
On any longer view, man is only fitfully committed to the rational -- to thinking, seeing, learning, knowing. Believing is what he's really proud of.
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"The Voice of the Lonely Crowd", The Guardian, Jun. 1, 2002
You can kill time in a number of ways but it always depends on the kind of time you're fighting: some time is unkillable, immortal.
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Money
Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth ... is that nobody gets over anything.
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House of Meetings
The future could go this way, that way. The future's futures have never looked so rocky. Don't put money on it. Take my advice and stick to the present. It's the real stuff, the only stuff, it's all there is, the present, the panting present.
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Money