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"What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness."
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"Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations."
Travel
"I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face."
Internet
"Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore."
Conscience
"I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it."
Television
"What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness."
Happiness
"Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine."
Work
"So far it's 43 books in 25 years."
Books
"One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written - and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive."
Time
"At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career."
Beginning
"Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations."
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"Happiness doesn't depend on reality but it depends on perception."
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"Happiness can only bloom in the garden of peace."
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"Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."
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"Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation foolish preparation!"
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"It is a fact that one man can be deliriously happy in the exact situation that causes another man to wither from depression."
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"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual."
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Personal Development
"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."
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Personal Development
"You can love again."
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Personal Development
"Our main purpose of life is to be happy. Happiness is in simplicity, and the most amazing things about life is that it is so simple."
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"Happy people can look back and say they chose their life, not settled for it."
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