"We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another."

Lie, Day, Dress, Order

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"We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another."

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"By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way."

Age

"I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature. I guess you could say that, at 65, when you've seen the world shape up as I have, there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself."

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"I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the films have never been made. That's the saddest thing of all, because they're locked up and no one else can make them."

Money

"When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt."

Age

"I'm really a library man, or second-hand book man."

Man

"There are some subjects that can only be tackled in fiction."

Fiction

"The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received."

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"I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price."

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"Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage."

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