Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be … - Ian Mcewan

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Energy is the basis of everything. Every Jew, no matter how insignificant, is engaged in some decisive and immediate pursuit of a goal. . . It is the most perpetual people of the earth.

Ian Mcewan

Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.

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Reading groups, readings, breakdowns of book sales all tell the same story: when women stop reading, the novel will be dead.

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The world should take note: not everything is getting worse.

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You can tell a lot from a person's nails. When a life starts to unravel, they're among the first to go.

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Not being boring is quite a challenge.

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Wasn't writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?

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Knowledge is Power. Ignorance is Bliss. But curiosity—even if it had killed the cat—is king.

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Dammit, Jim. I'm a Guardian, not a doctor.

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