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"Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades."
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"The only way to change the world is to quit thinking it's a job for Superman. Real power lies in your own hands."

"If the tranquillity is killing you, seek for the storm to save your life!"

"The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide."

"Like birds leaving the dangerous places man must also leave his dangerous ideas!"

"The fate of every unusual thing is to be a usual thing quickly!"
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"Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that is not dedicated to his own advancement. It is the moment he falls in love."


"You've got to make an effort to get the details right, because even through someone picks it up and knows it's a novel, they know someone's made it up and they know it's not real, if you make a small mistake they will cease to imaginatively engage with the story."


"Most people do a good deal of whatever they do motivated by love. For me, few stories are truly complete without it."


"I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any kind of writing - as long as the writing is good."


"Writing the same kind of material is no guarantee you'll be working from the same ethos so that writers from different fields are just as likely to have an understanding of each other's work as someone working in the same genre."


"In the middle section of the book Mirabelle breaks into not one, but two houses near Belgravia Books. I had fun scoping these out - checking which windows looked least secure and figuring out how to scale the mews houses to the rear to get her inside. A man came out at one point, 'What are you doing?' he questioned me. 'The thing is, I'm writing a book,' I started with a smile. He waved me off, his hand as wide as a tennis racket. 'Everyone is writing a book, my dear,' he said. Between you and I, it's his house that MIrabelle ends up breaking into."


"I believe that being able to communicate directly with readers is a boon. I certainly enjoy it as much as they do."
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