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I don't mind a narrator who's self-deceiving, but the clues for their truth have to be there for the reader to see.
Sarah Pinborough
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Never trust a narrator whose opening gambit is to insist he's not mad.
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I always found the witches and wicked stepmothers far more interesting than the 'heroines' - at least they actually did something.
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Maybe even at six or seven, I knew that, sweet as they were on the surface, all fairy tales needed a feminist shake up.
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Anyone who has to have the word 'charming' in their name probably isn't - just take a look at any dating site where men use 'prince charming' in their description.
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I would quite like to become a mainstream thriller writer, obviously, because I enjoy writing those stories, and it is the best way to secure your career.
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I hate it when it is all about the twist and when the ending comes out of nowhere. I think you should be surprised and shocked, but you should also think, 'Damn, I should have seen it,' because there are clues all the way through.
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I know it's dangerous to say you want to do something different with a genre because people always take that as an insult to the genre.
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Adults lie to themselves all the time about what is acceptable, but kids know what is right and wrong.
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I have written in a lot of genres, that's true, and I'm not sure it's always served my career well.
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The strange thing about living somewhere for a couple of years and then moving on and not returning is that those locations become ghosts of themselves in your mind.
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It would appear that I just love writing many different stories.
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