“It’s much harder to twist the charitable arm of a lottery winner compared to that of a man at his lowest ebb. It sounds like the wrong way round at first, but when you really put your nut to it, people are more frightened of losing the big shit than of having fuck all to begin with and losing a bit of that.”
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“Reading a book that challenges you is the best way to practice facing real-world fears.”
“When a person sets out to learn from others and not to teach others he becomes a true writer.”
“When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.”
“It’s hard to stop people comparing their world with the world they imagine you to have.”
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