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I'm not a snob.

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.

All the people I know have been conditioned by snobbery.

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

Close friends consider me a literary snob.

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob.

I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.

Don't get me wrong - intellectual snobbery is vulgar and gauche.