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Studying psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story.

~Chris Cleave

Topics: Always Because Behind Fun Looking Psychology Same Same Things Should Story Studying Things Think Which Writer You I Think

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I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.

~Chris Cleave

Topics: Athlete Characters Decisions Extreme Extremes Life Like Make More No Life Push Really Than Tough Tough Decisions

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My whole life is my work.

~Chris Cleave

Topics: Life Whole Work

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If I can't write it would be as if I died.

~Chris Cleave

Topics: Died Would Write

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I'm not happy with just repeating myself.

~Chris Cleave

Topics: Happy Just Myself Repeating

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I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school.

~Chris Cleave

Topics: Athletic Common Guy Lot Most Novelists School Think I Think

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I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.

~Chris Cleave

Topics: Always Athletes Atom Away Being Between Explore Fascinating Human Human Relationships Most Relationship Relationships Rivals Think Tragedy Two Who I Think

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It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker.

~Chris Cleave

Topics: Accept Afterwards Athletes Beaten Been Could Different Done Ever Extremely Had Happened Hard Knowledge Margin Quicker Second Slightly Small Something Sometimes Spoken Them Tormented Who Years

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I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.

~Chris Cleave

Topics: About Antithesis Beautiful Death Dissolution Entropy Everything Extremely Higher Ideal Motto Olympic Something Stronger Think Which I Think

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The Daily Mail can't say 'asylum-seeker' without saying 'foreign criminal' in the same sentence. I'm sure it's practically editorial policy.

~Chris Cleave

Topics: Criminal Daily Editorial Foreign Mail Policy Practically Same Say Saying Sentence Sure Without

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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