“If the monarchy were removed tomorrow, it wouldn't have a huge effect on the national mind-set. The monarchy is mildly interesting and largely harmless. I can't find I can get very heated about it. In the next couple of generations, it is bound to go. There is so much else in the world that is more interesting.” IfsWorldMindI CanNextInterestingGenerationsEffectsHugeCoupleTomorrowBoundsMonarchyMind Set Author:Hilary Mantel
“When I began to read as an adult, I read almost exclusively novelists of a generation back. I did the Russians, then I started getting more up to date. When you become published and become a reviewer, piles of books come along and you are pushed by fashion and what you are commissioned to do.” BookGenerationsFashionAdultsNovelistsReviewersUp To Date Author:Hilary Mantel
“To a Brit of my generation, one of the most objectionable things about [Margaret] Thatcher is her falsity. She is a total construct. For one thing, she had a made-over accent.” MadeGenerationsOne ThingAccentsConstructsMy GenerationBritsFalsity Author:Hilary Mantel
“I think the monarchy today is. . . mildly interesting and largely harmless. I can't find I can get very heated about it. In the next couple of generations, it is bound to go.” ThinkingI CanTodayNextInterestingGenerationsCoupleBoundsMonarchy Author:Hilary Mantel
“When I began to read as an adult, my first big enthusiasm was Evelyn Waugh. I read almost exclusively novelists of a generation back. I did the Russians, then I started getting more up to date.” FirstsBigsGenerationsAdultsEnthusiasmNovelistsUp To Date Author:Hilary Mantel
“For what's the point of breeding children, if each generation does not improve on what went before.” IfsChildrenDoeGenerationsBreeding Book:Wolf Hall & Bring Up The Bodies: Two-Book Edition Source: Wolf Hall & Bring Up The Bodies: Two-Book Edition
