"Plot is tremendously important to me: I can't stand books where nothing happens, and I can't imagine ever writing a novel without at least one murder."

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Source : "Guardian first book award shortlist: Ned Beauman". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2010.

Ned Beauman

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Important Quotes

“If I don't like it, I don't want to rant about it. There will be things that I vent about if I'm passionate enough, but there are plenty of scathing voices out there already. Who needs another?”
“Mundus vult decipi'â€”the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask?”
“My heart has become as hard as a city street, the horses trample upon it, it sings like iron, all day long and all night long they beat, they ring like the hooves of time.”

Source : Conrad Aiken (1970). “Collected poems”, Oxford Univ Pr
“I'm kicking new flava in ya ear!”

Source : Song: Flava In Ya Ear
“You shouldn't use anything as the sole source for anything, in my view.”

Source : "The Saturday interview: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales". Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2011.
“I always run the stories by Capcom. They read the scripts and give their comments. I would never want to kill a character that they really want to use in the next game.”
“The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.”

Source : Tom Rath (2015). “Are You Fully Charged? (Intl): The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life”, p.20, Missionday, LLC
“One shouldn't allow oneself to be intimidated by something that can be picked up and tucked under one's arm.”

Source : Barbara Hambly (2011). “Bride of the Rat God”, p.42, Open Road Media

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