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“One minute I was playing chess and doing maths all the time, the next I had been rerouted into more 'normal' girls' activities: reading, writing stories and worrying about my clothes.”

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Scarlett Thomas

Scarlett Thomas is a British author born in 1972. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into social issues. more

“I always got a bit pissed off with those broadsheet sceptics who make their living being passionately angry about homeopathy, God, synchronicity or whatever, because it's as if they can't get past their emotions, and in their rage they become as faith-driven as the beliefs they criticise. I always said they give scientists a bad name. After all, science has to be about asking unthinkable questions, not closing down debate.”

Ifs Giving Said Past Names Belief Bits Emotion Scientist Asking Angry Driven Rage Debate Closing Unthinkable Synchronicity Pissed Off Criticise Sceptic Homeopathy Closing Down Broadsheet

Author:Scarlett Thomas

“One of the biggest problems for beginning writers is this need to over-explain.”

Needs Problem Beginning Writers

Book:Monkeys with Typewriters: How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of Stories

Source: Monkeys with Typewriters: How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of Stories

“For other people, love is like some rare orchid that can only grow in one place under a certain set of conditions. For me it's like bindweed. It grows with no encouragement at all, under any conditions, and just strangles everything else.”

People Certain Grows Love Is Conditions Encouragement Love Is Like Orchids

Book:Our Tragic Universe

Source: Our Tragic Universe

“Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching or reading about emotional crises among folk who live in a world of great fortune both in matters of luck and money; stories and fantasies about rock stars and film stars, sporting millionaires and models; jet-setting members of the aristocracy and international financiers.”

Source: And the Judges Said&…: Essays

“My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that.”

Culture Language Authority

Author:James Kelman

“Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is a rather rough translation of the book they'd intended to write.”

Ifs Writing Book Secret Honest Finished Being Honest Novelists Rough Translations

Author:Michael Cunningham

“As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.”

Speak Reader Authority Sentences Opening

Author:Michael Cunningham

“If you've really loved a book, or a movie for that matter, really loved it, what you want is that same book again, but as if you've never read it. And when you get something unfamiliar, you feel betrayed.”

Ifs Want Feels Book Matter What You Want Betrayed Unfamiliar

Author:Michael Cunningham

“Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.”

Should Made Language Fiction Equal Should Have Ears Delight Sentences Rhythm Cadence

Author:Michael Cunningham

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