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"I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head."

"I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed."

"I hate a man who always says "yes" to me. When I say "no" I like a man who also says "no.""

"I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly."

"Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."
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"But at the same time I went down into the mines with working miners who are still young men, younger than I am, who are aware that their working life is coming to an end and they feel suddenly cut off."

"The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia."

"I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time, especially considering that I'm such a slow writer."

"Then there was the whole concept of coal mining, which is a culture unto itself, the most dangerous occupation in the world, and which draws and develops a certain kind of man."

"I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans."

"Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right."

"I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about."
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