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Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casual

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And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer,...more

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Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.", Eighth Series, ed. ...more

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If you're a writer, the problem is that, when you try to call a halt to thinking about your novel-in-progress, your imagination still keeps going; you...more

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It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Bevore you can write anything, you have to notice something.