The Guardian interviews and profiles the great William Trevor:

“If you take away the sadness from life itself,” he muses, “then you are taking away a big and a good thing, because to be sad is rather like to be guilty. They both have a very bad press, but in point of fact, guilt is not as terrible a position as it is made out to be. People should feel guilty sometimes. I’ve written a lot about guilt. I think that it can be something that really renews people.”

The rest includes thoughts on religion, his work schedule, his unhappy parents, and his own long, happy marriage.

(Via Norm Geras)