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I carried recipes in my head like maps.
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Joanne Harris
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: July 3
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People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on.
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Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around.
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I'm phobic about the idea of being constrained.
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As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.
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We came in the wind of the carnival. A wind of change, or promises. The merry wind, the magical wind, making March hares of everyone, tumbling blossoms and coat-tails and hats rushing towards summer in a frenzy of exuberance.
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Some things can be both real and imaginary at the same time, . . . some lies can be true, . . . broken faith may be restored.
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A thing named is a thing tamed.
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Nat Parson says it's the devil's mark. Nat Parson's a gobshite. Maddy was torn between a natural feeling of sacrilege and a deep admiration of anyone who dared call a parson 'gobshite.
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Their love was something which coloured the air between them like sunlight.
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The right circumstances sometimes happen of their own accord, slyly, without fanfare, without warning. Layman's alchemy. . . . The magic of everyday things.
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I am fascinated by how people eat and what it reveals about them.
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What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence?
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The dead know everything but they don't give a damn.
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Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life.
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Anything that can be dreamed is true.
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You don't write because someone sets assignments! You write because you need to write, or because you hope someone will listen or because writing will mend something broken inside you or bring something back to life.
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I think if you are an outsider then you are an outsider always.
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It isn't just a village. The houses aren't just places to live. Everything belongs to everybody. Everyone belongs to everyone else. Even a single person can make a difference.
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I like literature that you respond to in some way. You laugh, you cry, you turn the light on - that's great, it's eliciting a response by proxy.
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I've never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.
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