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I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me. – Peter Carey

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At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, thats enough. I cant do any more. At the end of the day I might tinker with my mornings work and maybe write some again. But I think three hours is fine. – Peter Carey

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Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. Its not really any very heady fame. – Peter Carey

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I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity. – Elia Kazan

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Courage is knowing what not to fear. – Plato

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The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. – Edward Gibbon

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This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say. – Virginia Woolf

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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. – Fred Allen

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Its received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly. – Julie Burchill

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