
All healthy men have thought of their own suicide —
Albert Camus

True learning only occurs when you love the subject you are studying and then the acquiring of knowledge is effortless because it is also a pleasure. —
William Boyd

Violence is fun, man. —
Quentin Tarantino

People are vicious. They will turn on you. —
Elizabeth Chandler

We never love anyone. Not really. We only love our idea of another person. It is some conception of our own that we love. We love ourselves, in fact. —
William Boyd

My novels are often about people who are in love or attracted to each other. —
William Boyd

I love to use these phrases - 'with the greatest respect', 'in all modest', 'I humbly submit' - which in fact always imply the complete opposite. —
William Boyd