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I guess there's a sort of cycle with writing books. There's all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which is the real job - and then there's always a period when the book comes out and you have to lift your head and venture out.
- Monica Ali
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I wish I got a lie-in on Saturday mornings but I never do.
- Monica Ali
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I rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children, not my work.
- Monica Ali
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Character is always my driving force. And to tell a good story and to provide an entertaining read.
- Monica Ali
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I started writing 'Brick Lane' when my children were two years and five months old. We were on holiday in the north of England when I was overtaken by a compulsion to start writing.
- Monica Ali
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I get really excited if I think I'm going to introduce somebody to a writer they haven't found before and I think they'll love. My favorite books to get as gifts are any that the giver is messianic about.
- Monica Ali
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I'm very eclectic in my music tastes - anything from Nina Simone to Beethoven to Talvin Singh.
- Monica Ali
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People don't get involved with local charities or politics because they think it's hard to make a difference and the problem feels overwhelming. But I believe that if all I've time for this year is to write one letter to the local council, it's still worth doing.
- Monica Ali
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I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.
- Monica Ali
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People always want to identify a writer with their protagonist.
- Monica Ali
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Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play; you have to get rid of all those internal censors that we adults have, the things that say, 'Don't go there, that's not allowed.'
- Monica Ali
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I don't want to get hung up on what 'people,' that nebulous mass, think about me. That's the way to unhappiness, I think.
- Monica Ali
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Some writers are more natural public performers than others; personally I find it quite strange giving interviews. But everyone has parts of their job that they like more than others. You can't complain if you get to do what you love doing most of the time, can you?
- Monica Ali
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A new car is not going to change your life.
- Monica Ali
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I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain.
- Monica Ali
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