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Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations.
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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London
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Without unscrambled eggs, there was no time travel, no more depredation of the Now, and we could look to a brighter future of long-term thought--and more reading.
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For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.
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A surfeit of information often hides an untruth,” he said, with annoying clarity.
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Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.
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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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How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towards house demolition?
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Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere.
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If you even think about asking Harry Potter for an autograph, your day ends right now.
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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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Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand pen mighter than the sword and so forth.
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Reading, I had learned, was as creative a process as writing, sometimes more so. When we read of the dying rays of the setting sun or the boom and swish of the incoming tide, we should reserve as much praise for ourselves as for the author. After all, the reader is doing all the work - the writer might have died long ago.
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If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher.
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