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- I saw a ghost once, about 20 years ago. It took the form of someone coming out of a sleeping body and sitting at the…
- I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.
- Health, money. That's what people worried about in the 14th century as much as today. I find it so much more interesting than the supposed…
- There are so many characters whizzing around inside my head, it's like Looney Tunes. But as soon as I've finished writing about them, I completely…
- To be a writer was always my greatest aim. I remember writing a play about Guy Fawkes when I was 10. I suppose it's significant,…
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