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“For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block.”

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Mary Garden, a renowned British opera soprano, was born on February 20, 1874, and passed away on January 3, 1967. She was celebrated for her unique voice and exceptional singing skills on the opera stage in the early 20th century. more

“I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd love to be a Catholic. I think it would be fantastic - faith, forgiveness, absolution, extreme unction - all these wonderful words. I don't think anyone who was ever born a Catholic hasn't died a Catholic, no matter how lapsed they are.”

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“Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.”

Ifs Bigs Novelists What If Big Things

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“Certainly I had a really terrible time with 'Emotionally Weird.' When I finished it, I thought, 'I can't write any more.”

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“I did feel when my mother died if anyone was going to haunt me it would be her. And she hasn't, so I think it is possibly the end.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Ends Would Be Mother Died Mother Died

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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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“I've always loved mysteries, the something there that you didn't know, and with 'Case Histories' I just decide to make that more up-front.”

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