Catty Historiker / Historians Literarisch / Literary Öffentlichkeit / Public Privatgelände / Private Welt / World
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
Public behavior is merely private character writ large.
Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private.
There's the private persona and the public persona and the two shall never meet.
Morals are private. Decency is public.
Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
I don't like to cry in public, unless I'm getting paid for it.
I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world.
I have never run a public company. I spent my entire life working for a private company.
