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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.

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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.

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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.

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I know a lot of law officers, and every single one of them faces a moment - usually after about three hours on the job - when they realise that there's no connection between law and justice. The law, as an institution, avoids justice, subverts it, just as often as it sees it done.

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If you look at Victorian England, being a soldier was considered a noble profession.

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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.

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I was expecting someone dark to play 'Dexter' - someone like Johnny Depp.

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I need quiet and solitude to work. Darkness is best. If I am wide awake, I can't write.

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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.

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In the afternoon, it's impossible to put down any new words. I don't even try.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Playwright

Born: July 14th, 1952

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