But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? One could presumably drive oneself to distraction in this way. In any case, while...

You need to remember that. If you’re to have decent lives, you have to know who you are and what lies ahead of you, every one of you.

I felt I had almost written myself into a corner. You could say I’d rewritten the same novel three times and I thought I had to move on. The success of the book, and then...

If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.