Author: Edward St Aubyn

Quotes

I'm not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in.

I'm not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in.

- Edward St Aubyn

It's no use imagining that bringing great writers together inevitably precipitates great conversation.

It's no use imagining that bringing great writers together inevitably precipitates great conversation.

- Edward St Aubyn

Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.

Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.

- Edward St Aubyn

The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth.

The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth.

- Edward St Aubyn

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