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> [The book doesn't end when you finish writing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/the-book-doesn-t-end-when-you-finish-writing-it/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

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## More by Claire Tomalin

> [“Poor Nelly, she was not to know that fashions in sin change as much as other fashions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/poor-nelly-she-was-not-to-know-that-fashions-in-sin-change-as-much-as/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [I always feel sad when I come to the end of a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/i-always-feel-sad-when-i-come-to-the-end-of-a-book/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [I would like to have a more social life than I have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/i-would-like-to-have-a-more-social-life-than-i-have/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [I continually get more information about a subject after the book has been published.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/i-continually-get-more-information-about-a-subject-after-the-book-has/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [I was working at the 'Evening Standard' when I heard that there was a job going as deputy literary editor on the 'New Statesman.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/i-was-working-at-the-evening-standard-when-i-heard-that-there-was-a/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [I've behaved badly in my life. I hope I haven't behaved as badly as Dickens! In a way, if you're a woman, you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/i-ve-behaved-badly-in-my-life-i-hope-i-haven-t-behaved-as-badly-as/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [Simon Russell Beale is an incomparable speaker of Shakespeare and a superb all-round actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/simon-russell-beale-is-an-incomparable-speaker-of-shakespeare-and-a/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [I sometimes think that, since I started writing biographies, I've had more of a life in books than I have had in my real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/i-sometimes-think-that-since-i-started-writing-biographies-i-ve-had/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [Poetry was one of the things that interested me most as I was growing up. I used to write it in my head all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/poetry-was-one-of-the-things-that-interested-me-most-as-i-was-growing/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [Biographers search for traces, for evidence of activity, for signs of movement, for letters, for diaries, for photographs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/biographers-search-for-traces-for-evidence-of-activity-for-signs-of/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/you-become-more-tolerant-when-you-become-older-you-re-not-interested/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [Dickens is a lover of human beings; a relisher of human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/dickens-is-a-lover-of-human-beings-a-relisher-of-human-beings/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as coming through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/dickens-never-joined-a-political-party-nor-put-forward-a-political/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [Throughout his life, Dickens cared passionately about orphans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/throughout-his-life-dickens-cared-passionately-about-orphans/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

> [It's a difficult thing to lose a child, a grown-up child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/it-s-a-difficult-thing-to-lose-a-child-a-grown-up-child/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

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