Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel Quotes

United Kingdom, Writer
July 6, 1952

Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, DBE, FRSL is an English writer whose work includes personal memoirs, short stories, and historical fiction.

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What is it we are hating? It goes beyond politics. I suppose that my fascination with Margaret Thatcher is not just with her political record but with her as a phenomenon.

Hilary Mantel
It is almost a joke, but a joke that nobody tells.

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- Jokes

I do myself think that history is a set of skills rather than a narrative.

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- Skills
- Narrative
If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible.

Hilary Mantel