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" I don't mind being distracted. "

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" I always know when a novel is going to be a Barbara Vine one. In fact I believe that if I weren't to write it as Barbara Vine, I wouldn't be able to write it at all. "

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" I don't think there is a fictional character who resembles me because fictional characters are not real! "

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