"I’m not really a happy person. It’s a question of temperament. I have a tendency towards melancholy. You can feel quite happily melancholic. It’s a double-edged sword. It has a certain irony, I think the word “happiness” should only be used with great care. You can use it to describe moments, perhaps. What is happiness? It’s elation. A positive feeling that suddenly jumps beyond merely feeling good. I may say I was happy when I’d just fallen in love. I may be in a kind of rapture. Or you win a great prize and feel it’s fabulous. That’s wonderfull, today I’m really happy. That doens’t change the fact that I’ll wake up my old self. And that’s nice, if you’re reasonably content in your life. If you’re satisfied, with a resonably clear conscience, if you live reasonably well, then that’s a huge privilege. Not many achieve that. It’s a pointless question to ask yourself if you’re happy. Being able to say I’m not unhappy is a great thing already"