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Jonathan Coe quotes: Luckily, in my case, I have managed, by writing, to do the one thing that I always wanted to do.

Luckily, in my case, I have managed, by writing, to do the one thing that I always wanted to do.

Jonathan Coe quotes: Take It and Like It

Take It and Like It

Jonathan Coe quotes: Objectivity is just male subjectivity.

Objectivity is just male subjectivity.

Jonathan Coe quotes: Thatcherism has become bigger than she ever was.

Thatcherism has become bigger than she ever was.

Jonathan Coe quotes: Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are.

Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are.

Jonathan Coe quotes: Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem.

Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem.

Jonathan Coe quotes: But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels.

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels.

Jonathan Coe quotes: I like the idea of a big caesura between the narratives, a space which readers can fill in with their own speculative history.

I like the idea of a big caesura between the narratives, a space which readers can fill in with their own speculative history.

Jonathan Coe quotes: There's a fine line between forgetting an event, and suppressing the memory of it.

There's a fine line between forgetting an event, and suppressing the memory of it.

Jonathan Coe quotes: The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's.

The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's.

Jonathan Coe quotes: It seems to me that you would have to write a novel on a very small, intimate scale for it not to become political.

It seems to me that you would have to write a novel on a very small, intimate scale for it not to become political.

Jonathan Coe quotes: I'm one of those unlucky people who had a happy childhood.

I'm one of those unlucky people who had a happy childhood.

Jonathan Coe quotes: But we are entitled to look for continuity in politics.

But we are entitled to look for continuity in politics.

Jonathan Coe quotes: You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.

You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.

Jonathan Coe quotes: [ ... ] words are tricky little bastards, and very rarely say what you want them to say [ ... ]

[ ... ] words are tricky little bastards, and very rarely say what you want them to say [ ... ]

Jonathan Coe quotes: As soon as you start writing about how human beings interact with each other socially, you're into politics, aren't you?

As soon as you start writing about how human beings interact with each other socially, you're into politics, aren't you?

Jonathan Coe quotes: Don't you know what a pussy is, sir?''Of course he doesn't. He hasn't even seen Basic Instinct.

Don't you know what a pussy is, sir?'

'Of course he doesn't. He hasn't even seen Basic Instinct.

Jonathan Coe quotes: The upshot was that she lost her religion - with a vengeance - and walked out on him, taking these three daughters with her. Faith, Hope and Brenda.

The upshot was that she lost her religion - with a vengeance - and walked out on him, taking these three daughters with her. Faith, Hope and Brenda.

Jonathan Coe quotes: Am I the same person that I dream about?

Am I the same person that I dream about?

Jonathan Coe quotes: Well, I like the rain before it falls.

Well, I like the rain before it falls.

Jonathan Coe quotes: But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons.

But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons.

Jonathan Coe quotes: Some people don't realize that a straight 'No' can be the kindest answer in the world.

Some people don't realize that a straight 'No' can be the kindest answer in the world.

Jonathan Coe quotes: Yes - I've learned from my mistakes, and I'm sure I could repeat them perfectly.

Yes - I've learned from my mistakes, and I'm sure I could repeat them perfectly.

Jonathan Coe quotes: They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash.

They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash.