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"I'm one of those unlucky people who had a happy childhood."
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"Luckily, in my case, I have managed, by writing, to do the one thing that I always wanted to do."
"I think it's also the case that I'm not as widely travelled, or as well-educated in history, as most of the other novelists I meet: so I have to write about my own country, at the present time, because it's more or less all I know about!"
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"It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely."
"But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels."
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