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From the very beginning, I had an ambition for 'The Luminaries': a direction - but not a real idea.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: Ambition Beginning Direction Had Idea Real Very

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I highlight everything I find interesting, and then type out everything I've highlighted, and then print out everything I've typed, and reread these printed notes as often as possible.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: Everything Find Highlight Interesting Notes Often Out Possible Print Printed Then Type

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It is less fun to talk about what I am feeling rather than what I am thinking. Saying 'I feel awesome' isn't really interesting or enquiring.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: About Am Awesome Feel Feeling Fun Interesting Less Rather Really Saying Talk Than Thinking I Am I Feel

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The zodiac is a system a person can play with and see meaning in.

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Topics: Meaning Person Play See System

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The nice thing about the zodiac as a system is it is quite comprehensive as a range of impulses and psychological states it can speak about.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: About Comprehensive Impulses Nice Nice Thing Psychological Quite Range Speak States System Thing

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I often feel intellectually frustrated when I'm in a position where I'm not moving forward; when I'm not enquiring about something.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: About Feel Forward Frustrated Intellectually Moving Moving Forward Often Position Something Where

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The readership of Victorian novels, when they were published, was much less diverse. People were probably white, and had enough money to be literate. Very often, there are phrases in Italian, German and French that are left untranslated.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: Diverse Enough Enough Money French German Had Had Enough Italian Left Less Literate Money Much Novels Often People Phrases Published Readership Very Victorian Were White

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Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: Any Being Bit Compliment Deal Description Feel Hard Like Makes Me Nice Outside People Person Receive Uncomfortable Very

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An interesting thing about New Zealand, you know, literature is that it really didn't begin in any real sense until the 20th century.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: About Any Begin Century Interesting Interesting Thing Know Literature New New Zealand Real Real Sense Really Sense Thing Until You Zealand 20Th Century

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The challenge that I set for myself was to see whether or not plot and structure could coexist, and why it was that we had to always privilege one above the other.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: Above Always Challenge Coexist Could Had Myself Other Plot Privilege See Set Structure Whether Why

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Biography

Nationality: New Zealander

Type: Author

Born: September 24th, 1985

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