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Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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London
England
Literature
Children
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Vader
Nasty
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He set fire to some potatoes, then cooked some undelivered post in the embers. - Dad Did he now? What a strange fellow. I would have done it the other way around. - Stafford
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To a great extent, I still write for myself, write what amuses me. Fortunately, I have a quirky sort of strange sense of humor that appeals to other people and that's good. I still sort of write for myself though there are some areas of the book I feel I have to put in and I feel I have to deliver.
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We all make mistakes at some time in our lives, some more than others. It is only when the cost is counted in human lives that people really take notice.
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Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition.
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I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you.
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For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct.
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Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence.
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You nearly killed eight people! I managed to gasp out loud. My count was closer to twelve, returned Havisham as she opened the door. And anyhow, you can't nearly kill someone. Either they are dead or they are not.
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Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.
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Death and the end of one's life are two very different things indeed.
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The safest course was actually the simplest-do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.
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I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.
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You have many fine qualities that I admire. But you are out of time. You should have been born a century ago, when values such as yours meant something.
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Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.
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It wasn’t going to be hard…it was going to be impossible. It wouldn’t deter me. I'd done impossible things several times in the past, and the prospect didn’t scare me as much as it used to.
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People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.
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For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.
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