Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
My first book was a historical novel. I started writing in 1974. In those days, historical novels meant ladies with swelling bosoms on the cover. Basically, it meant historical romance. It was not respectable as a genre.
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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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Robots are good at things that are structured.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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When I was 16, I had a really big hit in the K-pop world. It was a hip-hop/R&B/pop song. I kinda strayed from that because of the writers I was hanging out with.
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I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
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While 'Friends' was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family.
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When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore.
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All mankind, right down to those you most despise, are your neighbors.
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Of course, this being Perl, we could always take both approaches.
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I'm really in no one city more than two months during the year. I'm constantly having to readapt my eye to new locations.
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My father was a sort of John Wayne Texan who'd worked as a cowboy when he was young. He'd participated in rattlesnake round-ups and swum with copperheads.
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At fourteen, you really do start realising that the world is not a safe and protected place or not always.
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My first book was a historical novel. I started writing in 1974. In those days, historical novels meant ladies with swelling bosoms on the cover. Basically, it meant historical romance. It was not respectable as a genre.
