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Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality. I might have a Scotch to keep me going, but I like to be as awake and as alert as possible.

~Elliot Perlman

Topics: Affect Alert Awake Being Concerned Down Going Keep Like Me Might Night Only Possible Quality Scotch Try Will Write

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As my name might suggest, I'm Jewish. My grandparents were Polish and Russian Jews who came to Australia in the late 1920s, and had they not, we wouldn't be talking now.

~Elliot Perlman

Topics: Australia Came Grandparents Had Jewish Jews Late Might Name Now Polish Russian Suggest Talking Were Who 1920S

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Combine a left-leaning upbringing with a family with direct experience of the Holocaust and someone with aspirations to write and I guess, sooner or later, that person will have a stab at writing something about the Holocaust.

~Elliot Perlman

Topics: About Aspirations Combine Direct Experience Family Guess Holocaust Later Person Someone Something Sooner Sooner Or Later Upbringing Will Write Writing

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I like dialogue in novels. I wanted to avoid laying history on with a trowel - appearing to be lecturing, as opposed to the characters lecturing their children or students. Dialogue can humanise the story and make it go down somewhat more smoothly.

~Elliot Perlman

Topics: Appearing Avoid Characters Children Dialogue Down Go History Laying Like Make More Novels Opposed Smoothly Somewhat Story Students Wanted

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Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality.

~Elliot Perlman

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I'm a Taurus, which sounds like the name of a pickup truck. I'd prefer to be born under the sign of the rock wallaby. If you're going to interpret your life pursuant to an utterly irrational dogma, why can't it have a cute mascot? Rock wallabies really are fabulous animals, and in any remotely just world, they would have their own star sign.

~Elliot Perlman

Topics: Animals Any Born Cute Dogma Fabulous Going Interpret Irrational Just Life Like Name Own Pickup Prefer Really Remotely Rock Sign Sounds Star Truck Utterly Which Why World Would You Your

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I can't really remember a time in my life when I didn't know something about what we call the Holocaust. It was this dark topic that I would know more about when I got older, but which was spoken about in hushed tones.

~Elliot Perlman

Topics: About Call Dark Got Holocaust Know Life More My Life Older Really Remember Something Spoken Time Tones Topic Which Would

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I know that at literary festivals I'm speaking mostly to middle-class women, who frequently vote in a way that is contrary to how I'd like them to vote.

~Elliot Perlman

Topics: Contrary Festivals Frequently How Know Like Literary Middle-Class Mostly Speaking Them Vote Way Who Women

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In my work, I'm always trying not to put barriers up between the 'good poor' and the 'bad poor.' I'm not sure my work will change things much, but at the very least, you want to make people feel that they are not alone.

~Elliot Perlman

Topics: Alone Always Bad Barriers Between Change Change Things Feel Good Least Make Much People Poor Put Sure Things Trying Up Very Want Will Work You

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I'll be happy if I can gain even the smallest place inside the literary imagination of U.S. readers.

~Elliot Perlman

Topics: Be Happy Even Gain Happy Imagination Inside Literary Place Readers Smallest I Can

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Author

Born: May 7th, 1964

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