‘He is too clever, really, to be an effective novelist. Essays are what he is good at; you can’t be too clever for them.’
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‘I do still write fiction, but it tips into life. I start with twists of yellow gold and before I know it I’m growing daffodils.’
‘Asked to deliver four hundred and fifty words by four pm on a social workers’ strike in Barnsley; four hundred and seventy-five words… was simply not acceptable.’