Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before we tried to talk.
From Jeff Lindsay
A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time. We congratulate a rival on a triumph when actually we are choking on spite. We are cordial and attentive to crashing bores.
Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.
If you look at Victorian England, being a soldier was considered a noble profession.
If you look at the primitive societies that we know about, the worst thing that could have happened to you was to be captured and be turned over to the women.
I was expecting someone dark to play 'Dexter' - someone like Johnny Depp.
I need quiet and solitude to work. Darkness is best. If I am wide awake, I can't write.
Later, in the afternoon, I read what I did that morning. It's almost always a surprise. But I can read it rationally; edit, polish, re-write, and think what I might do tomorrow in the early darkness.
I question every word; I write 'the' and immediately feel scorn. It's such an ordinary word - everybody uses it - why can't I come up with something original? In the sunlight, every single word seems hackneyed.
In the afternoon, it's impossible to put down any new words. I don't even try.
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