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A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man’s life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.

I love doing normal things – movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths – that’s a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums.

Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel – that’s my favourite time-pass.

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

Playing bridge is a pretty old fashioned thing in a way that I really like.

When I’m at home, I love playing action-oriented computer games.

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

I don’t understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.