Thatcherism has become bigger than she ever was.

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But we are entitled to look for continuity in politics.

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I'm one of those unlucky people who had a happy childhood.

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Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem.

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They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash.

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But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons.

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The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's.

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Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are.

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Luckily, in my case, I have managed, by writing, to do the one thing that I always wanted to do.

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You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.

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