I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I'm doing it completely intellectually.
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Nationality: Australian Type: Novelist Born: November 7, 1942 |
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.
I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.

