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Don't try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours.

Robert Harris

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Robert Harris
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 7
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Kidderminster
Worcestershire
Robert Dennis Harris
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My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.
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You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature.
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Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.
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Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.
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