I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.
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Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene.
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If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance.
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I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spend all your time thinking about them
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Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves.
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I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away.
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