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You should have died when I killed you.
- Experience
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The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.
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Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.
- History
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History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.
- Nothing
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If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
- Money
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I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the films have never been made. That's the saddest thing of all, because they're locked up and no one else can make them.
- Always
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I've always had difficulties with female characters.
- Easy
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During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.
- Only
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There are some subjects that can only be tackled in fiction.
- First Thing
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If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level.
- Dress
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We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another.
- People
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People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others.
- How
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The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.
- Dictum
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Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do.
- My Own
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By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.
- I Am
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