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Edward St Aubyn

I'm not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in.
— Edward St Aubyn life
Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been any other way, how they were the product of forces that they had no control over.
— Edward St Aubyn people
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 reading
Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.
— Edward St Aubyn happiness
It's no use imagining that bringing great writers together inevitably precipitates great conversation.
— Edward St Aubyn writers
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 love
I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writing. And they're not necessarily friends. The writer is the one I want to reinforce; the author would just feed on the reviews - so I'm in favour of starving him.
— Edward St Aubyn writing
I think that some laughter comes from escaped horror, doesn't it?
— Edward St Aubyn horror
The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not going to win either. It's irrelevant.
— Edward St Aubyn world
The thing about the 'Melrose' novels is that I have to feel they're impossible when I set out.
— Edward St Aubyn novel
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 books
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 truth
Im not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in.
— Edward St Aubyn life

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