David Mitchell Quotes
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The state of childhood resonates with life inside a fantasy novel. If you have no control over how you spend large chunks of your day, or are at the mercy of flawed giant beings, then the desire to bend the laws of the world by magic is strong and deep.
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I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment.
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I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.
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I can't bear living in this huge beautiful world and not try to imitate it as best I can.
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For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed.