Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. January 19, 1946
Birthday: January 19
What is the easiest, the most comfortable thing for a writer to do? To congratulate the society in which he lives: to admire its biceps, applaud its progress, tease it endearingly about its follies.
source: Julian Barnes (1984). “Flaubert's parrot”, Vintage
topic: Progress, Biceps, Tease