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The Thing About The 'melrose' Novels Is That I Have To Feel They're Impossible When I Set Out.

Everything Was Usual. That Was Depression: Being Stuck, Clinging To An Out-of-date Version Of Oneself.

It's No Use Imagining That Bringing Great Writers Together Inevitably Precipitates Great Conversation.

Looking After Children Can Be A Subtle Way Of Giving Up... They Become The Whole Ones, The Well Ones, The Postponement Of Happiness, The Ones Who Won't Drink Too Much, Give Up, Get Divorced, Become Mentally Ill. The Part Of Oneself That's Fighting Against Decay And Depression Is Transferred To Guarding Them From Decay And Depression. In The Meantime One Decays And Gets Depressed.

Well, The Attractive Thing About The Subject Of Happiness Is That It Is Notoriously Difficult To Write.