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Success Is Not Like A Cake That Needs To Be Divided. It's More Like A Heap Of Stones - A Cairn. If Someone Is Successful, They Add A Stone To The Cairn. It Gets Very High And Can Be Seen From All Over The World. That's How I See It.

My Father Went To Work By Train Every Day. It Was Half An Hour's Journey Each Way, And He Would Read A Paperback In Four Journeys. After Supper, We All Sat Down To Read - It Was Long Before Tv, Remember!

I'm Mainly An Airport Author, And If You're Trying To Take Your Mind Off The Journey, You're Not Going To Read 'king Lear.'

When I Was Younger, I Avoided Exercise Or Anything Strenuous. I Didn't Even Enjoy Walking. As I Got Older, I Spent So Much Time Marking Books Or Sitting At A Desk Writing That There Was No Room For Exercise - Not That I Would Have Bothered Anyway.

I Didn't Get Excited By Weight Loss, And Since I Was Already Happy Being Fat, I Couldn't See The Point Of It All. I'm 6 Ft. And Weigh About 18 St. Or 19 St., But Weighing Myself Is Not Something I Do With Much Pleasure.