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I enjoyed the whole process of learning and was always happy when autumn came and school or college started up again.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Again Always Autumn Came College Enjoyed Happy Learning Process School Started Up Whole

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One of my most vivid memories of the mid-1950s is of crying into a washbasin full of soapy grey baby clothes - there were no washing machines - while my handsome and adored husband was off playing football in the park on Sunday morning with all the delightful young men who had been friends to both of us at Cambridge three years earlier.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Adored Baby Been Both Cambridge Clothes Crying Delightful Earlier Football Friends Full Grey Had Handsome Husband Machines Memories Men Morning Most Off Park Playing Sunday Sunday Morning Three Us Vivid Washing Were While Who Years Young Young Men

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The thing I love about Rome is that is has so many layers. In it, you can follow anything that interests you: town planning, architecture, churches or culture. It's a city rich in antiquity and early Christian treasures, and just endlessly fascinating. There's nowhere else like it.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: About Antiquity Anything Architecture Christian Churches City Culture Early Else Endlessly Fascinating Follow Interests Just Layers Like Love Many Nowhere Planning Rich Rome Thing Town Treasures You I Love

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Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: About Always Because Been Beings Bible Biographies Biography Choose Curious Experience Human Human Beings Lives Look Other Popular Programmed Read Reading Something Very Why Write

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Everyone finds their own version of Charles Dickens. The child-victim, the irrepressibly ambitious young man, the reporter, the demonic worker, the tireless walker. The radical, the protector of orphans, helper of the needy, man of good works, the republican. The hater and the lover of America. The giver of parties, the magician, the traveler.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Ambitious America Charles Charles Dickens Demonic Dickens Everyone Finds Giver Good Good Works Hater Helper Lover Magician Man Needy Orphans Own Parties Protector Radical Reporter Republican Tireless Traveler Version Walker Worker Works Young Young Man

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Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions are directed towards what I'm trying to write.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Am Away Directed Emotions Good Good Wife Make Myself Shut Spouses Towards Trying Wife Write Writers Writing I Am

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I would like to have a more social life than I have.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Life Like More Social Social Life Than Would

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People who attack biography choose as their models vulgar and offensive biography. You could equally attack novels or poems by choosing bad poems or novels.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Attack Bad Biography Choose Choosing Could Equally Models Novels Offensive People Poems Vulgar Who You

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Writing Charles Dickens' biography is like writing five biographies.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Biographies Biography Charles Charles Dickens Dickens Five Like Writing

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After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: After Characters Creator Dickens Great Multiple Shakespeare

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: June 20th, 1933

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