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I'm not a Dickens guy. In grad school I had to take at least one course on the Victorians, so I took The Later Dickens, because that was what there was.

I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure could plot.

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.

Dickens writes such brilliant characters and stories, and his themes and social commentary are still so relevant. I think that's why he's still so loved today.

Taking the humour out of Dickens, it's not Dickens any more.

I had a kind of Dickensian childhood.

The young Dickens was so alive, so self-confident, so funny.

I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.

Dickens had more energy than anyone in the world, and he expected his sons to be like him, and they couldn't be.