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> [I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/i-m-very-finicky-about-when-i-m-in-the-right-mood-to-write-so-most/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

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## More by Ned Beauman

> [There are probably a couple of things I'd never write about until everyone I know is dead. And then there's other stuff which nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/there-are-probably-a-couple-of-things-i-d-never-write-about-until/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [I would love to learn how to air kiss non-awkwardly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/i-would-love-to-learn-how-to-air-kiss-non-awkwardly/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [Naming one thing after another cannot, logically, increase the chances of the new thing turning out like the old thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/naming-one-thing-after-another-cannot-logically-increase-the-chances/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [“That was how Sinner got his first taste of anything other than the froth on his father's ale. It made you grimace, but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/that-was-how-sinner-got-his-first-taste-of-anything-other-than-the/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [Politicians often like to suggest that their policies come about through objective thinking, but if you look at British fascists, for example, what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/politicians-often-like-to-suggest-that-their-policies-come-about/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [Plot is tremendously important to me: I can't stand books where nothing happens, and I can't imagine ever writing a novel without at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/plot-is-tremendously-important-to-me-i-can-t-stand-books-where/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [Until I was 16, I read nothing but science fiction. I loved William Gibson and I still do. But my favourite book when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/until-i-was-16-i-read-nothing-but-science-fiction-i-loved-william/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [“What does it do?" said Loeser. "You feel as if you're being sucked down this fathomless, gloomy tunnel. Or to put it another way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/what-does-it-do-said-loeser-you-feel-as-if-you-re-being-sucked-down/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [Most romances aren't swept aside by big historical events. Most romances in the history of the world fall apart because of other, smaller happenings.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/most-romances-aren-t-swept-aside-by-big-historical-events-most/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that isn't funny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/the-simile-has-to-match-the-tone-of-its-surroundings-and-has-to-be/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/i-m-very-finicky-about-when-i-m-in-the-right-mood-to-write-so-most/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [“accidents, like women, allude”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/accidents-like-women-allude/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [I love sentences. I love characters. But most of all, perhaps, I love to work on plot, and that may be where my natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/i-love-sentences-i-love-characters-but-most-of-all-perhaps-i-love-to/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [You couldn’t truly love anything if you didn’t hate at least something. Indeed, perhaps you couldn’t truly love anything if you didn’t hate almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/you-couldn-t-truly-love-anything-if-you-didn-t-hate-at-least/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

> [“The Nazis, he had written in his latest, "are wedded to a sort of aesthetico-moral fallacy, which is that if a man has blond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/the-nazis-he-had-written-in-his-latest-are-wedded-to-a-sort-of/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

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