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> [I don't think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I'm not overly negative, either. On the whole, most writers think plots through to their consequences, and it's not always a sunny place.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/i-don-t-think-i-could-with-a-straight-face-describe-myself-as-a/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

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## More by James Lasdun

> [I am not a supporter of Israel's military policy, let alone any kind of Zionist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/i-am-not-a-supporter-of-israel-s-military-policy-let-alone-any-kind/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [“She waded into the water, splashing it on her waist and shoulders before kicking herself free of the ground and plunging in. She swam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/she-waded-into-the-water-splashing-it-on-her-waist-and-shoulders/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/i-consider-myself-a-writer-i-don-t-favour-any-type-of-writing-i/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [The short story seems like the best of all possible worlds. I do feel it is closer to writing poetry than to writing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/the-short-story-seems-like-the-best-of-all-possible-worlds-i-do-feel/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [“People are always in various stages of different dramas when you encounter them: freshly embarked on some, halfway or more through others. One is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/people-are-always-in-various-stages-of-different-dramas-when-you/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [To me sympathy for a character has little to do with how morally upstanding or wicked they are. All that really matters for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/to-me-sympathy-for-a-character-has-little-to-do-with-how-morally/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [“...for a moment he seemed to see himself as if in a dreamlike film, surrounded by kindred spirits at the warm center of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/for-a-moment-he-seemed-to-see-himself-as-if-in-a-dreamlike-film/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [There are seldom more than a couple of students in any workshop who seem natural writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/there-are-seldom-more-than-a-couple-of-students-in-any-workshop-who/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [I don't think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I'm not overly negative, either. On the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/i-don-t-think-i-could-with-a-straight-face-describe-myself-as-a/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [For a long period of history, you were what people said about you, and if your reputation was stained, you were in very serious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/for-a-long-period-of-history-you-were-what-people-said-about-you-and/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [I got into online trading. It was alarmingly easy to do. I went through the whole cycle of emotions, from supreme self-confidence to total…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/i-got-into-online-trading-it-was-alarmingly-easy-to-do-i-went-through/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [The nature of fiction is to make one distrustful of any character who lectures and castigates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/the-nature-of-fiction-is-to-make-one-distrustful-of-any-character-who/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [America as a setting seems inexhaustibly fascinating to me, and I think there's something about the outsider viewpoint that works for me. Being of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/america-as-a-setting-seems-inexhaustibly-fascinating-to-me-and-i/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [There is something uncannily adaptive about anti-Semitism: the way it can hide, unsuspected, in the most progressive minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/there-is-something-uncannily-adaptive-about-anti-semitism-the-way-it/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

> [“And then finally there was that sense of almost supernatural kinship that exists often between people who seem on the surface quite unalike but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/and-then-finally-there-was-that-sense-of-almost-supernatural-kinship/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

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