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I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.
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It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.
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The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.
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We've invested millions of dollars in tourism. Now they're trying to industrialize and pollute the ocean. It doesn't make any sense to me at all.
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I don't see myself as experimenting in any conscious way, it's perhaps that certain books require different densities of language.
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In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive.
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You look out on the driving range and it looks like snow, but it isn't, it's covered in golf balls.
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It's always better if you're next door. Ideas come up at the oddest times. They don't always come up in a conference call.