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She doesn't believe in dogs, Bridget said. Dogs are hardly an article of faith, Sylvie said.
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Kate Atkinson
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 20
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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.
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You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.
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The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories.
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He was born a politician. No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become.
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Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.
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Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile of a reincarnated lama. 'Nonsense, Patricia,' I tell her as I climb on board my train. 'The past's what you take with you.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it.
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Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.
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