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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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"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."
"Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution."
"Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others."
"You will find the greatest happiness in letting yourself be."
"Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it."
"The reward of life is Joy."
"It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness."
"To be happy, be happy with what you have. To be sad, want what you deserve."
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."
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"And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee."
"Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations."
"I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesn't bear thinking about, but I suppose we'd have made it work somehow."
"I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face."
"Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give me a Green Card, so I airily told her I'd write a book."
"Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations."
"Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine."
"I'm fortunate that the books sell, but even more fortunate to live in Chatham, to be very happily married and to have, on the whole, a fairly clear conscience."
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