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Words are like leaves,. . .like people really, fond of their own society.

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
People
Fond
Leaves
Society
Words
Really
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You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blighted and imperfect as it is, would be better with you in it.
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Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds.
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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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Writing is a subtle art that is reached mostly by self-discovery and experimentation.
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Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.
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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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Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.
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I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to just let fly with a high concept piece and see where the pieces fall. As it generally turns out, the central story is familiar, but just with different rules of engagement.
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Writing needs to be practiced there is a limit to how much can be gleaned from a teacher or a manual. The true essence of writing is out there, in the world, and inside, within yourself. To write, you have to give.
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Cats aren't really friendly, they're just cozying up to the dominant life-form as a hedge against extinction.
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There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet says...it's payback time!
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Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse.
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Scientific thought - indeed, any mode of thought, whether it be religious or philosophical or anything else - is just like the fashions that we wear - only much longer lived. It's a little like a boy band.
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Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.
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A surfeit of information often hides an untruth,” he said, with annoying clarity.
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The Kingdom of Hereford was unique in the Ununited Kingdoms for having driving tests based on maturity, not age, much to the chagrin of a lot of males, some of whom were still failing to make the grade at thirty-two.
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To each our own Hamlet.
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Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way.
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After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.
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If it's a chimera alert, we just follows the screams.
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