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Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then — and this is the important bit — do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies.

Jasper Fforde

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Talk
Dies
Everyone
Nothing
Pretend
Important
Mad
Make
Absolutely
Bits
Sure

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Sometimes choice is a luxury that fate does not afford us.
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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 it weren't for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart, no Van Gough, no Muppets and no Louis Armstrong.
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Sorry, [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for a very long time without actually doing anything.
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Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.
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That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd.
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History has rewritten itself so many times I'm not really sure how it was to begin with -- it's a bit like trying to guess the original color of a wall when it's been repainted eight times.
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Aspects that we consider normal today could very well be repugnant in the future - eating animals, for one thing, or abundant choice, or invasive surgery. I was simply trying to demonstrate that what is acceptable today may not be acceptable forever, and vice-versa.
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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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Were you listening to a word I said ' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.
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I've got six months to sort out the hackers, get the Japanese knotweed under control and find an acceptable form of narcissus.
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There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet says...it's payback time!
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Words are like leaves,. . .like people really, fond of their own society.
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