"If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing."
"I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop."
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Source: Book Talk: Roddy Doyle and Irish ghosts. Interview with Pauline Askin, in.reuters.com. May 31, 2012.
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