“Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been ...” — Edward St Aubyn Quote

“Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been any other way, how they were the product of forces that they had no control over.”

“I think that some laughter comes from escaped horror, doesn't it?”

“The thing about the 'Melrose' novels is that I have to feel they're impossible when I set out.”

“Our family life is a circus without a net. But I wouldn't have it any other way.”

“'24' glamorizes torture. I don't think there's any other way of putting it.”

“Cristiano is a great player who scores many goals. He's a genius, if I said it any other way I'd be lying.”