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If one tries to think about history, it seems to me - it's like looking at a range of mountains. And the first time you see them, they look one way. But then time changes, the pattern of light shifts. Maybe you've moved slightly, your perspective has changed. The mountains are the same, but they look very different.

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Unlike the Holocaust, Stalin's murders are forgotten: dust blowing in the wind.

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You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature.

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The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.

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I am sure future historians will say the biggest and most astonishing change in politics has been the embracing of all the tenets of Thatcherism by the party of Keir Hardie: trade union legislation, Europe, the replacement of Trident, 10 per cent tax for people who have made millions from their companies.

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You find out what you think by talking to yourself.

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For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?

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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness.

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Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

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My father left school at 14, my mother at 13. My father was clever and well-read. He took a newspaper, always watched the news, discussed it all the time.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Novelist

Born: March 7th, 1957

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