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We need to believe I think in justice. We need to run our lives as if justice existed... If we abandon a belief that justice will eventually be done, we make this world much more difficult for ourselves.
Alexander McCall Smith
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Alexander McCall Smith
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 24
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Alexander Sandy McCall Smith
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I write four books a year. I'm very fortunate that I write quickly around 3,500 words a day. Being strict about delineating my writing time and personal life, as well as keeping distractions at bay, is the only way I can accomplish this.
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I enjoy women's conversation, and I think that helps me to describe them in fiction.
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How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.
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It would be wonderful to have a guru it would be like having a social worker or a personal trainer, not that people who had either of these necessarily appreciated the advice they received.
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I write four or five a books a year. That means that I usually have one on the go. I am fortunate in being able to write quickly - 1000 words an hour.
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[Edinburgh] is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again.
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Who can't like pigs? They're wonderful creatures! I've always liked pigs.
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That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.
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When you allow people to do what they wish, then that is what they do. They stop doing the things they need to do.
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Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.
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There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.
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If your ceiling should fall down, then you have lost a room, but gained a courtyard. Think of it that way.
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