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George Murray

"I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do."

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"I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do."

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"I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless."

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"The less I have, the freer I am to do whatever I want to do."

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"I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it."

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"Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them."

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"When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that."

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"With yourself, I think you have to decide the kind of person that you really want to be, and for me, it's just a sweet girl."

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"You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me."

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"With 'Carousel' I had an idea and it all came out quickly."
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"I've often entertained paranoid suspicions about my fridge and what it's been doing to my poetry when I'm not looking, but I never even considered that my fan was thinking about me."
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"It's a bit of a crapshoot out there with young writers right now anyway."
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"I guess there is also an element of deliberate change involved. Each of my books has been, at least from my point of view, radically different from the last."
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"My self-editing process is intense."
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"I think the main influence has been living in New York City. Aside from all the crap around 9/11, I find it very demanding to think amid all the noise and visual pollution."
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"Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too."
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"Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend it's no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often it's really just about the money, the perceived prestige."
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"I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no."
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"I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book."
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