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

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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We say, 'The market plummets,' like it's some roaring creature.

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

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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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It's when you've stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you're asleep, that the real work is done.

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First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply a function of what these people might do or be. Everything has to flow from their personalities; otherwise it will not be emotionally engaging, or plausible.

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