The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd – one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like – one writes novels about it.


The Times, May 15, 1986.

Anthony Powell Quotes

The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd – one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like – one writes novels about it.

The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd – one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like – one writes novels about it.

The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd – one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like – one writes novels about it.

The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd – one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like – one writes novels about it.