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"You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least beans you possibly can. So because I had already written historical fiction before I was really good at the spilling beans section, but the new skill I had to learn when I was writing Brighton Belle was difficult. I had to avoid the equivalent of shouting, "this character's a murderer! Look who did it!."
"Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me."
"We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are full of symbols including those supplied by nature and religion, which touch upon the mystical and spiritual aspects of life. Symbols inspire enduring hope by formulating idealist expectations."
"Writers aren't exactly people, they're a bunch of people trying to be one person."
"You like to write. It's the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough."
Explore more quotes by Voltaire
"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."
"Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel."
"Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes."
"In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another."
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