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Sometimes I fantasize that all my furniture has been destroyed in a cataclysm, and I have to start again with only the stationery catalogue. My entire house would become an office, which would be an overt recognition of the existing state of affairs.

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Hilary Mantel

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The novelist has a responsibility to adhere to the facts as closely as possible, and if they are inconvenient, that’s where the art comes in. You must work with intractable facts and find the dramatic shape inside them.

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My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

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April 30, 2024

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

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April 30, 2024

The novelist has a responsibility to adhere to the facts as closely as possible, and if they are inconvenient, that’s where the art comes in. You must work with intractable facts and find the dramatic shape inside them.

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