"The great thing about using the past is……" — Peter Carey
"The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows."
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34 Quotes by Peter Carey
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I don't think you have the right to shout about other people's private life.
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