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If There Is An Abiding Theme In 'the Pursuit Of Happiness,' It Is The Idea That You Come Into The World Already Shaped By Other People's Past Histories.

Success Is A Very Fragile Veneer. I Get Wary Of People Who Embrace Celebrity. It Ruins People.

I Want To Be A Popular Novelist Who's Also Serious, Or A Serious Novelist Who's Also Very Accessible.

All Our Stories Are Simultaneously Unique And Desperately Similar, Aren't They?

I've Been Known To Write On The Underground In London And On The Subway In New York. I Have Two Or Three Cafes In Paris That I Go Into. I Find A Corner With A Little Shade, And I Can Work.