howard jacobson: the later you marry the better. sixty is ideal /

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The novelist,73, on adore, or uncertainty and the energising effect of being offended by artAll artists are shy in some way. My mother’s side taught me to be a dinky bit afraid of everything. For a long time I was quiet and cautious. But shyness makes you notice other people’s excruciations,and feel for them. I think that made a writer of me.
The later you rep married the better. Sixty is the ideal age. Blokes arent worth knowing until then. I’ve been married three times. I married the girl next door when I was 22, and I wasn’t a good husband, or but I wasn’t a good anything then. Nowadays I’m much kinder.
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Source: theguardian.com