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" As soon as I know it's about technological things or spies, I lose interest. I want to know what goes on in people's minds. "

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" I went into a church and simply said, 'Goodbye.' It is the terrible unfairness of life. How could God allow cancer, poverty, the sheer unfairness of so many lives? That is the question which finishes it for me. "

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" I never carry a notebook while walking around London. I just pick those things up. I'm very good at quizzes. "

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" People do sometimes ask me some really idiotic questions: 'Is your husband afraid of you putting arsenic in his food?' I replied that I have never written a book about poison, ever. "

" I don't want to marry anybody, but I certainly wouldn't want to marry a bad novelist. "

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" I'm not much of a shoe person, but I love a pair by Bruno Magli that I've had for 10 years. "

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" I never make notes; just a few small details when I'm writing, but nothing much. The plot is never written down. I will tell the story to myself, but I won't plan it. I'll speak the narrative in my head for a while. "

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" I just want to tell a good story, so I always ask myself, 'Are these people real to me?' "

" I don't mind being distracted. I don't want to sit there in utter silence and type. If the phone rings, I usually answer it, speak for a few minutes and return to writing, or go for a walk in and out of the rooms. I don't mind a break. "

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