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The scribbler's life is never done. ”
I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life. ”
In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life. ”
IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated. ”
I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table. ”
Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life. ”
A busybody's work is never done. ”
I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table. ”
All my life I have fought corruption. ”
I don't do office work at home. ”