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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Tulip Fever' did change my life. It did that thing that sometimes happens when a book takes off - it opened doors on to whole other worlds.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a very lucky life because I'm of this generation where everything was possible.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a very rich brew that's in your psyche by the time you're in your 60s, and I think that's rather interesting. It makes you feel you've lived a very long life; it's like going on holiday to three different cities rather than spending two weeks in Lisbon. You look back on the holiday, and you seem to have been away forever.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've written something like 17 novels, which isn't bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I'm lazy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel as if someone is going to come along, feel my collar and say: 'Do you really think you can get people to read books you've made up about people that don't exist?'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bringing my two children up while writing was just a part of life. I'd much rather have had their interruptions than been stuck in a sterile office. This way, I had welcome distractions. I had to load the washing machine, I had to go out and buy lemons.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What they were like at school. What shoes they wear. Spend days - weeks, months - being them until they thicken up and start to breathe.
- Together
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it's going well it's more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it aside. Go for a swim, go for a walk, take a week off. Don't panic or be afraid; you and your characters are in it together. Trust them to come to your rescue.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Discover the times when you're most creative - mornings, nights, afternoons - and clear the time to work then. Many writers find the mornings are best, and the afternoons are only good for editorial corrections, or getting the washing done. Others can only work through the night, drunk.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always running my mouth off and getting myself in trouble, so I'm trying to do it less.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect too much of partners. We can't fulfil a person's every single need and, after ten years or so, many relationships wear out. If we were more philosophical about it, we wouldn't try to blame the other person or be bitter.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men take much more notice of older women in France, so I might move there. I think I'm a good bet.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm quite easy to live with and very easy going.
- Great Believer
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- Nov 07, 2020