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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.
The truth is often complex, while lies are always simple.
"Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin."
"Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin."
It's all about trying to make something that's as complex and as true to life as possible.
"Writing is a way to explore the complexities of human relationships."
"Writing is a way to explore the complexities of the human heart."
The human heart is a complex and often contradictory thing.
Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
"The truth is often more complicated than the stories we tell ourselves."
I write to understand the complexity of human experience.
I’m always trying to find a way to make the story more interesting, more complex, more layered.
The complexity of things—the things within things—just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.
The novel is a mirror that reflects the complexities of human nature and society.
人生は、自分で思っているよりずっと複雑で、ずっと単純だ。
A novel is not just a story; it is a mirror reflecting the complexities of human nature and society.
La novela es el género literario que mejor refleja la complejidad del ser humano.