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"The telling of any character is what they do in a different situation."
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"I have always been a flirt. My mother says whe I was a child, I used to stand outside the house and just smile at everyone who walked by. Like, 'Please take me with you!'"

"I am not gamesome: I do lack some partof that quick spirit that is in Antony."

"She walked rather quickly; she liked to be active, though at times she gave an impression of repose that was at once static and evocative. This was because she knew few words and believed in none, and in the world she was rather silent, contributing just her share of urbane humor with a precision that approached meagreness. But at the moment when strangers tended to grow uncomfortable in the presence of this economy she would seize the topic and rush off with it, feverishly surprised with herself-- then bring it back and relinquish it abruptly, almost timidly, like an obedient retriever, having been adequate and something more."

"She has a serene, glowing disposition. She looks at you and the rest of the world through the eyes of a lynx and is always mysterious, possibly because she always harbours those hidden laughs just beneath her lips. She's always ready to laugh."

"I suppose that there's a caddish streak in every man that runs crosswise across his character and disposition and general outlook."

"On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in."

"Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous."

"Idiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as an exceptional being."

"Adrian was easily distractible by wacky topics and shiny objects."

"I'm not really a political satirist. I don't kid myself. I'm more interested in doing the mannerisms and the personality."
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"I love stories that suck you in, that you can't stop reading because you are quite simply there."


"I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living."


"If there's one shade a woman of colour can't wear it's got to be the one everyone expects, hasn't it?"


"There was something about Maria Graham that you could believe in " a slice of home. If not unique in her travelling, she was at least extraordinary."


"An important part of deciding where we want to go, as a society and culture, is knowing where we have come from, and indeed, how far we have come."


"The best historical stories capture the modern imagination because they are, in many senses, still current - part of a continuum."
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