A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.
GRAHAM GREENEIt is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.
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Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.
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Every monologue sooner or later becomes a discussion.
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Destruction after all is a form of creation.
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One has no talent. I have no talent. It’s just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.
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In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator, ready to contemplate the misery of a thousand strangers if it will ensure the happiness of the few we love.
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Reality in our century is not something to be faced.
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The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.
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The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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I can’t talk you in terms of time –your time and my time are different
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I say that home is where there is a chair and a glass.
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I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can’t love and do nothing.
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It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
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Sooner or later; one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.
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All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination.
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