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In 1995, I was 27, and I completely got caught up in Blur and Oasis and the fashion of the time.

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Sometimes you need to be shaken out of a situation.

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My mother's childhood was complex, disjointed, and disturbing. As children, we would gather round and ask her to tell us again and again The Story of Her Childhood. It was Grimmsian, Andersenesque: a classic fairy tale replete with goodies and baddies.

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People with big ideas worry. They lie awake at night and fret as they try to climb up the social or financial ladder. They probably feel proud of themselves for what they've achieved, but I'm proud of the fact that I've done very little - and hence have little to worry about - and I've still got somewhere.

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For me, the optimum circumstances for writing a book are those of stultifying routine.

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I take the six weeks of the school summer holidays off because I'm pretty sure I'm not going to look back on my life one day and say, 'Damn, I wish I hadn't spent so much time with my children.'

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I don't really get into a writing routine until March or April, when I'll write a few hundred words a day, often in a cafe in the morning after the school run.

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Everyone thinks they've got a book inside them.

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If you can start and finish a book, then you're already a million miles ahead of all those people who talk about wanting to write a book.

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Agents and publishers are always looking for something 'different,' a fresh viewpoint and a new voice, not just re-hashed versions of stuff that's gone before.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: July 19th, 1968

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