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Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.

The thing about the 'Melrose' novels is that I have to feel they're impossible when I set out.

Edward St Aubyn

The first book I fell in love with was 'Little Toot,' the story of an adorable tugboat operating out of New York Harbor.

Edward St Aubyn

I'm really not responsible for what mental operation people have when they're reading my books other than the ones which are created by literary effects.

Edward St Aubyn

Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.

Edward St Aubyn

Proust is a hero of mine. I read 'A la recherche' in one go, and I'm a very slow reader. It had an astonishing impact, reading it on my own and being my main company. I think Proust is the most intelligent person to ever have written a novel.

Edward St Aubyn

It's no use imagining that bringing great writers together inevitably precipitates great conversation.

Edward St Aubyn

The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth.

Edward St Aubyn