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A man of strong opinions is one thing. But a man whose strong opinions depend entirely on how he is feeling in that instant is a disastrous thing in a city of 10 million people just trying to muddle through.

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Not since Ancient Greece have cities been thought of as the ideal living environment for humans. And that was so long ago it predates the invention of trousers.
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It doesn’t matter how much of a hurry you think you are in. Be one of the people for whom ten minutes does not make a difference.
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I always feel quite Jewish but I used to deny it until I was in my twenties.
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I have quite good general knowledge and I had a very drilled education from an early age. I do know more than most people.
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How clever am I? I’m really quite clever. I mean, look, I’ve got a first-class degree from Oxford.
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My dad is the best and funniest newspaper columnist. There is nobody anywhere near as good.
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As a broadly left-wing, environmentally aware urban believer in anthropogenic global warming, I am all for a total ban on motor vehicles.
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I sleep nine hours every night, I have a little nap after lunch, and, if I’m going out for dinner, I sneak in an extra one before I head out.
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We built walls around them with slits through which to fire arrows at scary, cross-eyed rural people, and brought our food and family inside because they were the safest places to be.
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Have you ever been to the countryside? It’s so small. And there’s nothing to do.
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Gradually, I developed opinions about food, and my French friends taught me that you have to complain in a restaurant.
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I think unionization of labour is a great thing.
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My dad never really wrote what he thought. None of his inner rage and darkness and problems, which we all have, made it on to the page. For him, writing was a process of making everything appear funny.
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When I write I inhabit a personality that is and is not me.
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The world’s most competitive man, my dad. Wouldn’t let us win at Monopoly… he wouldn’t cut any slack for his children.
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I always say what I think to be amusing.
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