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Most writers live in self-imposed exile, even when they don't leave their country. They prefer the undiscovered country inside their own heads.

~Anthony Mccarten

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As you get older, you become more vain. But as your looks slowly deteriorate, your eyesight worsens, so it all balances out.

~Anthony Mccarten

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I have three favorite cities: London, Wellington, and Los Angeles. What makes them so good? The friends who live there.

~Anthony Mccarten

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Truth is seldom appreciated and never understood, whereas a flattering lie is always appreciated and instantly understood.

~Anthony Mccarten

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My routine is to create activities for myself unrelated to writing that allow little time for writing. This means that when I do get the chance to write, it is like a stolen luxury, something clandestine and almost forbidden.

~Anthony Mccarten

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Reading is essential to human life. When the last reader dies, humanity will be at an end.

~Anthony Mccarten

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No murder or sin or act of barbarism or cruelty has ever been committed by a person fully absorbed in the reading of a book. By this fact alone, we can conclude that readers are nicer people, at least until they put the book down. When we are reading, we are better.

~Anthony Mccarten

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At 17, I wanted to be a rock star.

~Anthony Mccarten

Topics: Rock Rock Star Star Wanted

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If we did not have the impulse and ability to believe in the impossible, we would not have religion, democracy, or marriage.

~Anthony Mccarten

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I am so superstitious that I think even discussing this subject is dangerous and will probably bring me terrible luck. Having been raised a Catholic, superstition becomes almost part of your DNA. The challenge is to slowly rid yourself of these little delusions.

~Anthony Mccarten

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Biography

Nationality: New Zealander

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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