Writer Quotes by Sebastian Faulks

8 Writer quotes by Sebastian Faulks

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Sebastian Faulks’s eight observations on writing reveal a writer who blends meticulous research with vivid storytelling. This brief set offers a snapshot of his method for bringing history to life.

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To have been able to write the books I wanted to write, on demanding subjects like war and the history of psychiatry,…

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“People wonder why you choose certain subjects to write about. The truth is: you don't really. They choose you”

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People never explain to you exactly what they think and feel and how their thoughts and feelings work, do they? They don't…

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What I like in novels that I read and enjoy is interplay of theme: the mystery of how we seem to be…

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“That night Christine Hartmann went to bed with a book she had taken from among the many that lay strewn around the…

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I have written millions of words about contemporary England - in journalism. Why don't I take it as the background for a…

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He wrote one more paragraph for his own sake, to see what he had to say.

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I want to write about serious things, but I want to write about them in a way that makes them accessible to…

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The past was suddenly rushing in on me in a way I found hard to fight.

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He saw a picture in his mind of a terrible piling up of the dead. It came from his contemplation of the church, but…

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“Stephen watched the packets of lives with their memories and loves go spinning and vomiting into the ground. Death had no meaning, but still…

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From an early age she had developed the art of being alone and generally preferred her own company to anyone else’s. She read books…

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Why would a novel - which is all about the inward processes of people's developing feelings and developing relationships - why would you be…

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“I liked slicing through the beige brain when it had been fixed; the texture reminded me of cooked cauliflower. It was wonderful to hold…

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It was entirely silent and I tried to breathe its peace.

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“Until we can navigate in time, I'm not sure that we can prove that what happened is real.”

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