Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too.
He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
People who boast of happy marriages are, I submit, usually self-deceivers, if not actually liars.
People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist privilege to see how odd everyone is.