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Claire Tomalin Quotes

The book doesn’t end when you finish writing it Picture Quote #1

I think it’s quite normal for people to have love affairs Picture Quote #1

Dickens is always full of surprises Picture Quote #1

It’s a difficult thing to lose a child, a grown-up child Picture Quote #1

Simon Russell Beale is an incomparable speaker of Shakespeare and a superb all-round actor Picture Quote #1

Poetry was one of the things that interested me most as I was growing up. I used to write it in my head all the time. I still think the very greatest pleasure in life is to write a poem Picture Quote #1

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After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters Picture Quote #1

Everyone finds their own version of Charles Dickens. The child-victim, the irrepressibly ambitious young man, the reporter, the demonic worker, the tireless walker. The radical, the protector of orphans, helper of the needy, man of good works, the republican. The hater and the lover of America. The giver of parties, the magician, the traveler Picture Quote #1

When dealing with a subject who is dead, you have this feeling of being God. You know who they’re going to marry, when they’re going to die. It’s strange to feel so omniscient Picture Quote #1

Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as coming through his fiction Picture Quote #1

Philomena’ was even better than I had expected. I was so pleased to see the evil Irish nuns thoroughly exposed, and I thought Judi Dench gave a flawless performance, as did everybody else Picture Quote #1

I’ve behaved badly in my life. I hope I haven’t behaved as badly as Dickens! In a way, if you’re a woman, you’re not in a position to behave as badly, because you don’t have the economic power Picture Quote #1

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As he approached his 28th birthday in February 1840, Dickens knew himself to be famous, successful and tired. He needed a rest, and he made up his mind to keep the year free of the pressure of producing monthly installments of yet another long novel Picture Quote #1

Biographies are, in their nature, far more difficult to make into films than novels, because novels come with plots constructed and dialogue written, whereas I don’t invent dialogue for my subjects or plot their lives for them Picture Quote #1

Historians will handle a much wider range of sources than a biographer and will be covering a broader spectrum of events, time, peoples Picture Quote #1

Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century Picture Quote #1

A Christmas Carol’ has been described as the most perfect of Dickens’s works and as a quintessential heart-warming story, and it is certainly the most popular Picture Quote #1

I belong to the Richmond Concert Society, who put on very good concerts Picture Quote #1

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Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading Picture Quote #1

When you live with Dickens for years, reading him and trying to present him as faithfully as you can, you can’t fail to love the man - so the shock of his bad behaviour is considerable, even when you know it is coming Picture Quote #1

One of my most vivid memories of the mid-1950s is of crying into a washbasin full of soapy grey baby clothes - there were no washing machines - while my handsome and adored husband was off playing football in the park on Sunday morning with all the delightful young men who had been friends to both of us at Cambridge three years earlier Picture Quote #1

Today’s children have very short attention spans because they are being reared on dreadful television programmes which are flickering away in the corner Picture Quote #1

People who attack biography choose as their models vulgar and offensive biography. You could equally attack novels or poems by choosing bad poems or novels Picture Quote #1

The thing I love about Rome is that is has so many layers. In it, you can follow anything that interests you: town planning, architecture, churches or culture. It’s a city rich in antiquity and early Christian treasures, and just endlessly fascinating. There’s nowhere else like it Picture Quote #1

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He could take on anything and everything, it seemed, rather than leave himself time to reflect on his dissatisfaction with his life and what he might do about it Picture Quote #1

Essentially, I spent most of my childhood with my mother and my older sister, and I suppose I had rather a romantic vision of how things might be if there were men around; I saw myself in a country house with six children and a garden. That has never been achieved - and I still regret it Picture Quote #1

All writers behave badly. All people behave badly Picture Quote #1

Everybody is vulnerable through love of their children. Hostages to fortune Picture Quote #1

I enjoyed the whole process of learning and was always happy when autumn came and school or college started up again Picture Quote #1

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The book doesn’t end when you finish writing it (Claire Tomalin Quotes) I think it’s quite normal for people to have love affairs (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Dickens is always full of surprises (Claire Tomalin Quotes) It’s a difficult thing to lose a child, a grown-up child (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Simon Russell Beale is an incomparable speaker of Shakespeare and a superb all-round actor (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Poetry was one of the things that interested me most as I was growing up. I used to write it in my head all the time. I still think the very greatest pleasure in life is to write a poem. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Everyone finds their own version of Charles Dickens. The child-victim, the irrepressibly ambitious young man, the reporter, the demonic worker, the tireless walker. The radical, the protector of orphans, helper of the needy, man of good works, the republican. The hater and the lover of America. The giver of parties, the magician, the traveler. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) When dealing with a subject who is dead, you have this feeling of being God. You know who they’re going to marry, when they’re going to die. It’s strange to feel so omniscient. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as coming through his fiction. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Philomena’ was even better than I had expected. I was so pleased to see the evil Irish nuns thoroughly exposed, and I thought Judi Dench gave a flawless performance, as did everybody else. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) I’ve behaved badly in my life. I hope I haven’t behaved as badly as Dickens! In a way, if you’re a woman, you’re not in a position to behave as badly, because you don’t have the economic power. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) As he approached his 28th birthday in February 1840, Dickens knew himself to be famous, successful and tired. He needed a rest, and he made up his mind to keep the year free of the pressure of producing monthly installments of yet another long novel (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Biographies are, in their nature, far more difficult to make into films than novels, because novels come with plots constructed and dialogue written, whereas I don’t invent dialogue for my subjects or plot their lives for them. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Historians will handle a much wider range of sources than a biographer and will be covering a broader spectrum of events, time, peoples. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) A Christmas Carol’ has been described as the most perfect of Dickens’s works and as a quintessential heart-warming story, and it is certainly the most popular. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) I belong to the Richmond Concert Society, who put on very good concerts (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) When you live with Dickens for years, reading him and trying to present him as faithfully as you can, you can’t fail to love the man - so the shock of his bad behaviour is considerable, even when you know it is coming. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) One of my most vivid memories of the mid-1950s is of crying into a washbasin full of soapy grey baby clothes - there were no washing machines - while my handsome and adored husband was off playing football in the park on Sunday morning with all the delightful young men who had been friends to both of us at Cambridge three years earlier. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Today’s children have very short attention spans because they are being reared on dreadful television programmes which are flickering away in the corner. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) People who attack biography choose as their models vulgar and offensive biography. You could equally attack novels or poems by choosing bad poems or novels. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) The thing I love about Rome is that is has so many layers. In it, you can follow anything that interests you: town planning, architecture, churches or culture. It’s a city rich in antiquity and early Christian treasures, and just endlessly fascinating. There’s nowhere else like it. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) He could take on anything and everything, it seemed, rather than leave himself time to reflect on his dissatisfaction with his life and what he might do about it. (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Essentially, I spent most of my childhood with my mother and my older sister, and I suppose I had rather a romantic vision of how things might be if there were men around; I saw myself in a country house with six children and a garden. That has never been achieved - and I still regret it (Claire Tomalin Quotes) All writers behave badly. All people behave badly (Claire Tomalin Quotes) Everybody is vulnerable through love of their children. Hostages to fortune (Claire Tomalin Quotes) I enjoyed the whole process of learning and was always happy when autumn came and school or college started up again (Claire Tomalin Quotes)