Hanif Kureishi

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I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.

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determined , live , without

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I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.

Hanif Kureishi

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guess , writing , kind

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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.

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always , because , disciplined

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I'm interested in philosophical psychology, people like Nietzsche, Freud, Alcan, Foucault, Derrida.

Hanif Kureishi

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interested , philosophical , people

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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.

Hanif Kureishi

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never , had , any

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If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.

Hanif Kureishi

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get , stuck , least

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You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don't follow your desire.

Hanif Kureishi

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spend , your , life