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" The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune. "

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" I'm very unhappy when I'm not writing. "

" I got married and I had children because of the Second World War, as all of us did, exclaiming, 'Oh, no, we are never going to bring a child into this wicked world,' but we had children by the dozen and got married. "

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" I was writing all my childhood. And I wrote two novels when I was 17, which were terrible. And I'm not sorry I threw them out. So, I wrote. I had to write. You know, the thing was, I had no education. "

" A story is how we construct our experiences. "

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" I would not be at all surprised to find out... that the dimensions of buildings affect us in ways we don't guess. "

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" What is a hero without love for mankind. "

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" I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married. "

" When I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires. You know, when people talk about the British Empire, they always forget that all the European countries had empires. "

" I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city. "

" There's always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they're usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to. "

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" With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how. "

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" If you are a young writer today, it's very hard. "

" Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time. "

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" I am always being described as having views that I've never had in my life. "

" I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. "

" I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government. "