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I didn't go to university; I hardly went to school, but I grew up among people well versed in Henry James and Proust, and just felt this endless, total inadequacy.

~Emma Tennant

Topics: Among Endless Felt Go Grew Hardly Henry James Just People School Total University Up Well

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When my father died in Greece, leaving my mother strapped, a cheque arrived next day from my Greek publishers who'd just bought two of my books for pounds 500.

~Emma Tennant

Topics: Arrived Books Bought Cheque Day Died Father Greece Greek Just Leaving Mother Next Pounds Publishers Two

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The fascination of somebody with original creative gifts is something that's always drawn me. I get attached to them, but I can't call it being in love, because the words are so debased.

~Emma Tennant

Topics: Always Attached Because Being Being In Love Call Creative Drawn Fascination Get Gifts Love Me Original Somebody Something Them Words

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My life has really been about writing, though some think it's all about once having been in a ball dress and having an odd life and marrying all the time. But it's the writing that's always been the point.

~Emma Tennant

Topics: About Always Ball Been Dress Having Life Marrying My Life Odd Once Point Really Some Think Though Time Writing

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Like all women, I've had a pretty awful time in many ways, but it's always possible to either make a joke or find someone else.

~Emma Tennant

Topics: All Women Always Awful Either Else Find Had Joke Like Make Many Possible Pretty Someone Time Ways Women

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Quite a lot of people wanted me to write about my family, I suppose for fairly obvious reasons, and there was always something that would stop me, I thought they were asking me for the wrong motives.

~Emma Tennant

Topics: About Always Asking Fairly Family Lot Me Motives Obvious People Quite Quite A Lot Reasons Something Stop Suppose Thought Wanted Were Would Write Wrong

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I cannot remember a time when I was not interested in both gardening and painting. I must have been born with a trowel in one hand and a paintbrush in the other.

~Emma Tennant

Topics: Been Born Both Cannot Gardening Hand Interested Must Not Interested Other Painting Remember Time

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Because I am really interested in gardening, I do really interesting plants, not even always flowers. And because I have grown them, I really know them like friends. I paint everything from exotic orchids to rosehips growing wild in a hedge. They just have to speak to me.

~Emma Tennant

Topics: Always Am Because Even Everything Exotic Flowers Friends Gardening Growing Grown Hedge Interested Interesting Just Know Like Me Paint Plants Really Speak Them Wild I Am

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Novelist

Born: October 20th, 1937

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