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> [I make a rod for my own back because people see my novels as quasi documentaries. But it is never history that's the main event of my books. It's my characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/i-make-a-rod-for-my-own-back-because-people-see-my-novels-as-quasi/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

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## More by Christopher Koch

> [Even a cup of coffee tastes so much sweeter because you've come once again out of the, literally, out of the edge of death,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/even-a-cup-of-coffee-tastes-so-much-sweeter-because-you-ve-come-once/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [All writers are obviously neurotic... For various reasons, writers retreat into an imaginary world because they find ordinary life rather difficult or boring or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/all-writers-are-obviously-neurotic-for-various-reasons-writers/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [I don't have doctrinaire views about how we should relate to Asia. But novelists reflect the world they live in, and that world propels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/i-don-t-have-doctrinaire-views-about-how-we-should-relate-to-asia-but/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [The unseen world is what emanates from God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/the-unseen-world-is-what-emanates-from-god/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [Writers to some extent are childish, and it's at the childish level that one really engages with any experience. What really moves you is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/writers-to-some-extent-are-childish-and-it-s-at-the-childish-level/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [Basically, it comes down to this: do you believe in God, or don't you believe in God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/basically-it-comes-down-to-this-do-you-believe-in-god-or-don-t-you/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [I've known several spies who have wanted to become novelists. And novelists who became spies, of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/i-ve-known-several-spies-who-have-wanted-to-become-novelists-and/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [When I grew up in Tasmania, you thought that London was home. You waited to go to England as soon as you graduated, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/when-i-grew-up-in-tasmania-you-thought-that-london-was-home-you/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/i-was-completely-devoted-to-reading-and-books-from-the-age-of-seven/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/i-think-the-greatest-reward-you-get-as-a-writer-is-finding-that/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [I don't believe novels should carry an obvious message. I don't want to write characters you can immediately say are good or bad; as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/i-don-t-believe-novels-should-carry-an-obvious-message-i-don-t-want/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [I make a rod for my own back because people see my novels as quasi documentaries. But it is never history that's the main…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/i-make-a-rod-for-my-own-back-because-people-see-my-novels-as-quasi/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [I do believe in God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/i-do-believe-in-god/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [Poetry was the first step, and from the age of 18, there was nothing else I wanted to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/poetry-was-the-first-step-and-from-the-age-of-18-there-was-nothing/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

> [I've never set a book in Europe. I've lived in Europe three times, but somehow or other it wasn't the experience that engaged me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-koch/i-ve-never-set-a-book-in-europe-i-ve-lived-in-europe-three-times-but/)

[Christopher Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-koch/)

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