There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.

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I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America,...

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America,...

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write...

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write...

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to...

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships...

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships...

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in...

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in...

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

The only reason I would have liked to have gone to university is because I...

The only reason I would have liked to have gone to university is because I...

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on...

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on...

Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!

Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!