Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.
I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.
So boring you fall asleep halfway through her name.
Books are not about passing the time. They're about other lives. Other worlds.
... Once I start a book I finish it. That was the way one was brought up. Books, bread and butter, mashed potato - one finishes what's on one's plate. That's always been my philosophy.
I don't talk very well. With writing, you've time to get it right. Also I've found the more I talk the less I write, and if I didn't write no one would want me to talk anyway.