I thought I would be an organic chemist. I went off to university, and when I couldn't understand the chemistry lectures I decided that I would be a zoologist, because zoologists seemed like life-loving people.
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Nationality: Australian Type: Novelist Born: February 7, 1943 |
In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite.
It did not come naturally; in fact, it would be difficult to conceive of any more dogmatic and less tolerant people than the first settlers on New England shores.

