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Novel Quotes by Will Self
- In my view, the plangent artificiality of a lot of creative work results from the fact that the people who write novels, direct films and…
- My novels tend to come about from a fusion of two big ideas, creating a critical mass that then fissions, throwing off hundreds of other…
- Continuous present is all we have, and stream of consciousness - which in a novel is arguably just as artificial as the stilted dialogue that…
- Many of my works fall into the category of 'Zeitgeist novels'. Yet I hope that they aren't only reportage, but also attempts to convey the…
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