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Quote by Peter Ackroyd

“I enjoyed reading and learning at school, and at university I enjoyed extending my reading and learning. Once I left Cambridge, I went to Yale as a fellow. I spent two years there. After that, George Gale made me literary editor of 'The Spectator.”

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Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd is a renowned British biographer known for his in-depth research and vivid storytelling. Born on October 5, 1949, he has been writing about historical figures in Britain since the 1970s, including Thomas More, Charles Dickens, and George Orwell. more

“I have always believed that the material world is governed by nonmaterial sources, so that in that sense 'English Music' is an exercise in the spiritual as well as the material. I have always been attracted to the Gothic and spiritual imagination, and I've always been interested in visionaries.”

World Wells Spiritual Imagination Materials Source Exercise Music Is Always Believe Gothic Visionaries Material World English Music

Author:Peter Ackroyd

“I wanted to be a poet when I was 20; I had no interest in fiction or biography and precious little interest in history, but those three elements in my life have become the most important.”

Littles Important Wanted Three Interest Fiction Poet Elements Biographies

Author:Peter Ackroyd

“In 'The Plato Papers' I wanted to get another perspective on the present moment by extrapolating into the distant future. So in that sense, there's a definite similarity of purpose between a book set in the future and a book set in the past.”

Book Moments Wanted Past Purpose Perspective Paper Present Moment Definite Plato Papers Similarity

Author:Peter Ackroyd

“In London, I've always lived within 10 miles of where I was born. You see, there is something called a spirit of place, and my place happens to be London, at least once a fortnight.”

Happens Spirit Born London Miles Fortnight Spirit Of Place

Author:Peter Ackroyd