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I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair. ”
If you watch the movie 'Ghost' with Patrick Swayze, you see an accurate portrayal of what I believe. Spirits are stuck here. They want to convey a message to the living, but they can't - they are on a different frequency. But when they are heard, they are helping both us and themselves. ”
All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby. ”
Contrary to popular view, I've never been patronized in the Middle East. Men maybe treat women differently, but they do not treat them with disrespect. They don't hate women. It's a very different kind of mentality. ”
Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places. ”
I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.' ”
The commission process in America and England is different. In America, they do it through an interview process, and it's really based on whether they like you or not. I mean, it's nothing to do with whether you do the best scheme or the worst scheme. ”
There is no bigger crime, in the English comic novel, than thinking you are right. ”
You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to represent other things, you find real human beings begin to cautiously appear on your pages. ”
I wrote 'White Teeth' in the late nineties. I didn't really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time. ”