Yes, of course we were pretentious -- what else is youth for? - Julian Barnes - Quotesmemo.com

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I found myself in Zurich Airport. I'd done a TV show, oddly enough, with Mavis Staples. That's the way they do it in Switzerland. And I'd had a bit of a late night with members of her band. And I was - my flight was delayed. And I was sitting in the airport, and I just came up with the idea. And by the time, we landed at Heathrow, I'd pretty much sort of got it.

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Julian Barnes

Yes, of course we were pretentious -- what else is youth for?

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Well, they each seem to do one thing well enough, but fail to realize that literature depends on doing several things well at the same time.

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And that was all the part of it - the way you were obliged to live. You stifled a groan, you lied about your love, you deceived your legal wife, and all in the name of honour. That was the damned paradox of it - in order to behave well, you have to behave badly.

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