"The biggest markets for my books outside the UK are France and Italy, and those are the two countries where I also have the closest personal relationships with my translators - I don't know whether that's a coincidence, or if there's something to be learned from it."

-- Jonathan Coe

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“Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.”
“Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure.”
“If you're a good fighter on the street, you don't have to tell anybody that you're good at fighting. Let someone else talk about how great you are at this or that or whatever is the case. And if no one finds out then no one finds out, that's fine too. But I think leading by example is always the strongest.”

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“Life is a daring adventure, or nothing.”
“What has always been at the heart of film making was the value of a script. It was really the writer who could make or break a film. But as we all know, the writer has always been at the bottom of the creative heap.”
“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”
“I have a lot of energy, a lot of interest, a lot of desire.”
“I consider myself British and have very happy memories of the UK. I spent the first 14 years of my life in England and never wanted to leave. When I was in Australia I went back to England a lot.”

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