Hilary Mantel Quotes
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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.
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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.
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I was the subject of an experiment in love. I lived my life under her gaze, undergoing certain trials for her so that she would not have to undergo them for herself. But, how are our certainties forged, except by the sweat and tears of other people? If your parents don't teach you how to live; you learn it from books; and clever people watch you learn from your mistakes.
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I would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line.