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For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.

~Joanne Harris

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I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future from the things that catch on to the hem of your skirt when you've been sewing, and different colored threads would mean different things... Of course, all that influenced me quite a lot as a child.

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If you want to know what's important to a culture, learn their language.

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One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes more real than the view from our bedroom window. Fictional people can sometimes become as close to us as our loved ones.

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In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person's work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule.

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I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

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People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on.

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I'm politically inclined towards the left, but I don't like to be in anyone's gang; I'm a bit of a loose cannon.

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I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.

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I'm insatiably curious.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: July 3rd, 1964

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