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I KNOW YOU THROUGH READING YOUR BOOKS WE MET THANK YOU. >> YOU HAVE GIVEN ME AND MANY PEOPLE A TREMENDOUS PLEASURE, I THINK AS ONE CRITIC SAID, YOUR...
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TO GET LOST IN A WONDERFUL STORY. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> SOMETHING TO UNDERTAKE -- SOMETHING
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LIKE THIS TO UNDERTAKE A CENTURY TRILOGY, I LEARNED TODAY ON THE "CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING",
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DO YOU, TOO, ARE YOU INVOLVING JOURNALISM? >> YES, I WAS FIRST INVOLVED WITH MY HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER AND I WORKED FOR THE LONDON PAPER AND EVENING NEWS....
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AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. AND I WENT TO THE BANK. I
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NEEDED 200 POUNDS. I ASKED THE BANK FOR A LOAN AND THEY SAID NO. A COLLEAGUE ON THE NEWSPAPER HAD WRITTEN THIS THROUGHOUT. AND, OF COURSE, THEY ASKED...
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KNOW KNOW HOW I WILL GET OUR CAR BACK. I'M GOING TO WRITE A THRILLER. AND SHE SAID OH, YEAH. >> BUT I DID END IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO GET PUBLISHED AND...
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FIXED? >> YES. AND I THOUGHT, IF I TRIED A LITTLE BIT HARDER, MAYBE IT WILL BE BETTER.
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IN
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FACT, I WROTE 10 BOOKS BEFORE I HAD A SUCCESS. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY ENCOURAGING. TO KNOW THAT IF
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| 00:03:13 |
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YOUR FIRST 10 BOOKS DON'T SELL, THAT IS OKAY. [APPLAUSE] >> BUT I THINK IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR DETERMINATION. >>
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| 00:03:23 |
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YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS A FACTOR
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| 00:03:31 |
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THERE. THE THING IS, IT IS AN EXPERIENCE AND IT IS EXCITING. YOU MAKE OF THESE CHARACTERS AND YOU GIVE THEM NAMES AND YOU SAY SHE HAD BROWN EYES...
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ALMOST EVERYTHING. [LAUGHTER] IT IS SET IN
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| 00:04:40 |
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WORLD WAR II. I WAS BORN IN 1949, SO I HAD HAVE NO MEMORIES. SO I HAD TO FIND OUT WHAT EVERYDAY LIFE WAS LIKE DURING THE WAR FOR PEOPLE IN THE UK, WHICH...
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| 00:05:54 |
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LONDON, BERLIN. BUT I DID VISIT A FEW PLACES. I WENT TO RENT TO PAY, FOR EXAMPLE. I HAVE A CHAPTER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. SANTA FE...
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BUFFALO. >> OH, YES, OF COURSE. THE OTHER THING WAS 100 YEARS AGO IT WAS A VERY
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DIFFERENT PLACE. NEVERTHELESS, I WENT THERE AND LOOKED AROUND. BUT I GOT A HOLD OF THE BUFFALO BLUE BOW, WHICH IS A LIST OF THE HIGH SOCIETY PEOPLE IN...
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| 00:07:49 |
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CORRECT. >> ARE YOU
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ABLE TO DO ALL OF YOUR OWN RESEARCH LIKE
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THIS? >> I HAVE TO
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DO IT MYSELF OTHER PEOPLE WOULD KNOW WHAT I WAS USING IT FOR. AND I DO HAVE HELP IN
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| 00:08:12 |
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FINDING STUFF. I HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHO FINDS OLD BOOKS AND FILMS AND MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. >> I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO LET SOMEONE ELSE DO THAT FOR ME....
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| 00:08:40 |
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SPECIFIC THEMES. SO I NORMALLY SPEND SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR DOING THE RESEARCH AND THE PLANNING OF THE NOVEL BEFORE I ACTUALLY WRITE CHAPTER ONE. >> THAT...
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| 00:09:10 |
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WRITING, DO YOU DO IT WITH SEQUENCE? DEEP AT THE SCENE TOGETHER? >> I DO IT IN SEQUENCE. YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO KEEP A WHOLE NOVEL IN
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| 00:09:23 |
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MY HEAD. IF I STARTED WRITING IT OUT OF SEQUENCE COME I WOULD GET SO CONFUSED. >> YOU HAVE THE ADVANTAGE, SINCE THE STORIES ARE BEING TOLD AGAINST THE...
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| 00:09:51 |
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SURE THAT HISTORY IS PLAYED OUT? >> YES, I DO. AND SO THAT IS PART OF THE
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| 00:10:01 |
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REASON. AS A KIND OF BACKUP, WHEN I WROTE THE FIRST DRAFT, I HIRED HISTORIANS AND HAD THEM READ THE FIRST DRAFT AND LOOK FOR MISTAKES. I PAID HIM QUITE...
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| 00:10:40 |
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IN THEIR HEAD WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN I AM WRITING THE FIRST DRAFT, I CAN BE A LITTLE BIT FREE. IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF INFORMATION THAT I CAN'T...
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| 00:11:19 |
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FORGET ABOUT. >> OH, I FORGET MORE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS AND HOW TALL THEY ARE BUT I MAKE A SPREADSHEET. THAT IS HOW I
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| 00:11:30 |
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DEAL WITH THAT PROBLEM. EVERY TIME I INTRODUCE A NEW NAME CHARACTER, I PUT IN A NEW SPREADSHEET WITH THE AGE AND THE SPREADSHEET TO CALCULATE THE AGE...
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| 00:12:18 |
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HAVE TO CALCULATE THE AGENT ABOUT WHAT DIFFERENCES THERE
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| 00:12:25 |
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ARE. >> WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A CERTAIN PERSON AND A DIALOGUE TAKES PLACE -- DO YOU KEEP THE
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| 00:12:37 |
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READER IN MIND ALL THE TIME? >> YES, I THINK ABOUT THE READER ALL THE
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| 00:12:47 |
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TIME. WILL THEY BE INTERESTED? WILL THEY CARE AREAS AND WILL THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? >> I'M ONCE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND OF MINE...
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| 00:13:08 |
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TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT AND SHE SAID, WELL, YOU ARE GOOD WRITER. AND I SAID WELL, I'M A GOOD WRITER AND YOU MAKE THE MONEY AND YOU'RE A GREAT...
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| 00:13:45 |
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THERE ARE A LOT OF WRITERS THAT THINK THAT
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| 00:13:48 |
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WAY. AND SOME WRITERS WILL SAY, I WILL WRITE WHAT I THINK IS GOOD. AND IF ANYTHING ELSE, I
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| 00:13:52 |
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AM HAPPY ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT IS NOT MY TARGET, AS IT WERE. AND SOME OF THEM ARE MY FRIENDS. SO I RESPECT THAT. I ALWAYS WANTED TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE....
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| 00:15:00 |
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THE FABULOUS RANGE OF ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT THAT
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| 00:15:05 |
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IS VERY EASY AND VERY AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE. >> I WANT THEM TO TURN OFF THE TV AND STOP PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES AND TO PICK UP A SLIGHTLY OLD-FASHIONED...
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| 00:15:19 |
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A BOOK. THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE PICTURES. THERE ARE NO PICTURES IN MY BOOK. I AM VERY CONSCIOUS THAT I HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN'T GET...
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| 00:16:32 |
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AND MORE VICTORIOUS THAN TELEVISION BECAUSE OF THE THEATER OF THE MIND. I THINK IT IS IN MANY WAYS, MORE MEMORABLE. >> YOU ARE RIGHT, IT'S A SIMILAR ...
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| 00:16:58 |
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IN YOUR BOOKS ARE ONES YOU DIDN'T MAKE
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| 00:17:05 |
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UP OCCASIONALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO THE FRONT OF THE BOOK [INAUDIBLE] >> I THINK THAT THERE IS ANYTHING ABOUT RECOGNITION THAT KEEPS YOU GOING THROUGH
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| 00:17:26 |
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THIS. OH, THIS IS THAT SAME PERSON I HAVE MET BEFORE, AND YOU HAVE YOUR FIVE FAMILIES FROM THE FIVE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. BUT THEY SEEM TO MOVE BACK...
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| 00:18:57 |
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ALL. [LAUGHTER] >> IT IS TRUE. EVEN THE ONES
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| 00:19:04 |
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WHO ARE UNKIND OR
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| 00:19:08 |
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UN- CARING OR FOOLISH, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE THEM SHADES OF GRAY RATHER THAN BLACK OR WHITE. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT'S RIGHT. I QUITE LIKE THAT...
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| 00:19:54 |
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EARLIER. [LAUGHTER] >> IT WOULD'VE BEEN A WASTE OF A RESOURCE. I PERSONALLY THINK IT IS GREAT TO DO A CHARACTER THAT IS 100%
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| 00:20:11 |
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EVIL. [LAUGHTER] >> THE PRIME PRIME MINISTER'S AND CHANCELLORS AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE. SINCE YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
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| 00:20:27 |
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THEM, -- YOU'RE NOT LIKELY TO FILL GUILTY? >> YES, THAT IS RIGHT. AND YES, THERE ARE SOME TREMENDOUS
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| 00:20:39 |
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VILLAINS. >> OKAY. >> WHAT I HAVE OUR REAL-LIFE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY. I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T TREAT
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| 00:20:55 |
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THE REAL-LIFE PEOPLE
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| 00:20:57 |
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LIKE YOU WOULD FICTIONAL WITH FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. I CAN'T HAVE THEM OR SAY ANYTHING I LIKE. HE IS A REAL PERSON, WHEN I WRITE ABOUT HIM MUST BE TRUE...
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| 00:23:09 |
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A HISTORICAL CHARACTER, EVEN IN REGARDS TO A FICTION ONE. >> YOU KEPT IT GOING FOR A WHILE AND YOU ARE STILL WAITING TO GET OFF THE
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| 00:23:45 |
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TRAIN. AND IT SAID, THIS WAS LONDON. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT PIECE OF BUSINESS. BECAUSE YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU EXPECT. >> LENIN HAD MADE...
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| 00:24:11 |
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SOME NEW CLOTHES. OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART BECAUSE HE WAS SO SPARKLY DRESS. BUT HE ARRIVED LOOKING LIKE A POOR SLOB. WHICH WAS LARGELY ENTERTAINING....
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| 00:24:39 |
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TIME
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| 00:24:41 |
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OFF? ARE THERE DAYS AGO BY IN THE PLACE HE WOULD RIGHTLY SAY OH, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT? >> NO, I NEVER DO. I HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS. BUT...
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| 00:24:56 |
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IT TOMORROW. >> I WAS AWARE WERE FEARED SO I WOULD ALWAYS WRITE SOMETHING TO GOOF OFF, IT SEEMED
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| 00:25:19 |
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TO ME LIKE THE ROAD TO PERDITION. THIS PROBABLY COMES FROM MY UP BRINGING AND HAVING THE WORK ETHIC DRUMMED INTO ME AND ALL THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW MANY...
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| 00:26:08 |
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WHO I
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| 00:26:09 |
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AM. SO I'M WORKING ON
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| 00:26:14 |
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THAT. AND I LIKE TO START EARLY, SO I GENERALLY START AT 7:00 O'CLOCK. I GET UP AND GO TO MY DESK WITH A CUP OF TEA. AND I USUALLY WRITE UNTIL 5:00...
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| 00:26:56 |
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GRANDCHILDREN,. >> YOU HAVE OTHER CHARACTERS TO CREATE, DON'T FORGET THAT. >> YES, THIS IS TRUE. >> TELL ME WHAT THE PLACE
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| 00:27:18 |
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LOOKS
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| 00:27:24 |
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| 00:27:28 |
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LIKE. HE'S LOOKING AROUND SAYING -- [INAUDIBLE] AND HE IS LOOKING FOR SOME EXPLANATION OF HIS SURROUNDINGS. WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THAT LOOKS...
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| 00:27:59 |
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THE FEELING OF BEING SURROUNDED BY BOOKS. I HAVE THREE HOMES AND THERE IS A LIBRARY IN EACH ONE, AND THAT IS WHERE I WORK. I LOOK AT MY COMPUTER, I HAVE...
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| 00:29:07 |
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REWRITING? >> YES,
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| 00:29:09 |
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I DO. I DO A FIRST DRAFT IN THE REWRITE ALSO, WHEN I START IN
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| 00:29:14 |
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THE MORNING, I ALWAYS CHANGE
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| 00:29:17 |
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IT AND I CAN ALWAYS THINK OF WAYS TO IMPROVE IT. SOMETIMES, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THIS HAPPENS, BUT SOMETIMES I GET A WHOLE CHAPTER AND REALIZE I'VE...
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| 00:29:37 |
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THINK NOWADAYS, I THINK -- AND THEN I REMEMBER, IS THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 5 MILLION PEOPLE. IF I DO SOMETHING HALFHEARTEDLY, 5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE, WELL,...
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| 00:30:33 |
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OUT OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AND COME TO THEIR OWN SENSE OF THE MEN I HAVE HAD BEFORE OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE? >> YES, I DO WANT BACK, ALTHOUGH...
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| 00:30:52 |
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I WILL SPEND A DAY WORKING ON IT. AND I REALIZE THAT THERE IS A HOLE IN MY KNOWLEDGE. THE NEXT THING, I SPEND READING A BOOK ABOUT WHAT SOME ASPECT IS...
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| 00:31:31 |
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IT RIGHT OR IS IT UP TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE MOVIE OR SHOW TO DO IT IF YOU ARE SHE SEES THAT? >> YOU SEE, THE SCREENWRITER AND DIRECTOR TELL A STORY...
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| 00:31:52 |
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CHANGE IT. THEY DON'T CHANGE IT IS BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY ARE SMARTER THAN I AM OR JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT, THE HAPPIER THERE ARE SCENES IN THE BOOK...
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| 00:33:00 |
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HALF A DAY OF FILMING. AND THAT IS NOT INCLUDING THE TIME THAT I SPENT IN COSTUME AND MAKEUP. IT IS THE EFFORT THAT GOES IN TO MAKING MOVIES ON TELEVISION,...
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| 00:34:07 |
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YOU
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| 00:34:12 |
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KNOW, IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH EDDIE VEDDER, ONE OF THE STARS. I
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| 00:34:21 |
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LEARNED, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU CAN'T ACT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO REMEMBER YOUR LINES BECAUSE THEN YOU SAY YOUR LINES WITH A BOOK ON YOUR FACE AND THEN WHAT...
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| 00:34:55 |
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THE TRILOGY? >> I FINISHED "WINTER OF THE WORLD" AT CHRISTMAS OR THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OTHER ONES SINCE THEN AND I HAVE COMPLETED THE OUTLINE.
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| 00:35:04 |
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I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT 100 PAGES. IT IS ABOUT THE COLD WAR. IT OPENS IN 1961. AND THERE WERE TWO GREAT EVENTS IN 1961 FROM ONE OF THE BUILDING OF THE...
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| 00:37:18 |
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A GOOD THEORY. BUT WHAT I HAVE HAD THE GUTS TO DO THAT? I DON'T
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| 00:37:23 |
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THINK SO. >> DOING SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING STRONGLY IN HISTORY -- DOES IT HELP THAT IN WRITING COME WHEN YOU WANT TO CONVEY THAT? >>
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| 00:37:38 |
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ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THE MAIN THING I THINK THAT WE ENJOY ABOUT LITERATURE IS OUR EMOTIONS FOLLOW THE EMOTIONS
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| 00:37:47 |
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OF THE CHARACTERS. AND THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING. OUR HEART BEATS FASTER, OUR PULSE RACES, WE FEEL ANGRY SOMETIMES ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN...
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| 00:39:13 |
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STARTED ON NEWSPAPERS, IF YOU WORK IN
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| 00:39:18 |
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THE NEWSROOM, YOU CAN'T SAY, WILL EVERYONE PLEASE BE QUIET BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO WRITE? >> SO I KIND OF NEVER REALLY -- IT HAS NEVER BOTHERED ME IF...
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| 00:39:31 |
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ME SOMETHING. I DON'T LIKE TO TAKE BUSINESS PHONE CALLS DURING THE DAY. BECAUSE INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT THE IMAGINARY PROBLEMS, I START WONDERING...
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| 00:40:45 |
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MUCH TO THINK ABOUT MY BOOK, BUT I DO YOU KNOW, THAT AN ODD MOMENT IF I'M IN A TAXI FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER WITH NOTHING PARTICULAR ON MY MIND I OFTEN...
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| 00:41:08 |
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HAVE QUESTIONS. THIS IS BEING RECORDED SO THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS TOLD WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE TO BROADCASTING AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU NOW. TALK INTO...
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| 00:41:54 |
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YOU IS, CAN YOU DIFFERENTIATE FOR US THE STYLE OF WRITING THAT YOU APPLY TO WRITING FOR NEWSPAPERS AS OPPOSED TO THE STYLE YOU APPLY TO WRITING A NOVEL?...
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| 00:42:13 |
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NEWSPAPERS WHICH HAVE EVEN SHORTER ARTICLES THAN THE NEWS -- MORNING NEWSPAPERS. THE NEWSPAPER JUST WARNS THE FACTS, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. ONE OF THE...
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| 00:43:22 |
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IN IRAN AND ANOTHER PRIMARILY IN AFGHANISTAN AND I WONDER WHERE THERE IS ANYTHING TAKING PLACE TODAY THAT IS IN ANY WAY THIS APPLIES TO YOU? >> MANY...
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| 00:43:43 |
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OVER. THEY WILL START PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL. THERE WON'T BE ANY FREEDOM. THAT DID BECOME TRUE SO I WASN'T SURPRISED WHEN THINGS WENT SO BAD IN AFGHANISTAN...
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| 00:45:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MUCH USE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS IN ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE WITHIN THE SPY BUSINESS OR BY GOVERNMENTS, WHICH HAS REALLY CHANGED I THINK THE POLITICAL...
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| 00:46:14 |
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RECENT INCREDIBLY QUICK TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, I HAD BEEN WRITING ABOUT THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR. [LAUGHTER] SO I WAS ABLE TO, I...
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| 00:47:11 |
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TO DO -- THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> YOU KNOW THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS THE KING JAMES BIBLE,
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| 00:47:23 |
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AND I GREW UP IN A VERY RELIGIOUS FAMILY. I AM NOT A BELIEVER. AS AN ADULT I HAVE NEVER BEEN A BELIEVER BUT MY QUESTIONS ARE DEVOUT CHRISTIANS. THEY...
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| 00:48:39 |
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NEEDLE AND ON PINS AND NEEDLES AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE BOTH SUPERB ESPECIALLY THE ONE ABOUT IRAN. YOUR COMMENT ABOUT LLOYD GEORGE AND COMMUNISM, HAVE...
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| 00:49:15 |
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HAVE. WHEN DID THEY MEET? >> HITLER I THINK VISITED FRANCO IN THE MIDDLE 40s. >> OKAY, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
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| 00:49:29 |
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SAID BUT CLEARLY IT'S A DISAPPOINTMENT AND I JUST THINK, I JUST THINK
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| 00:49:34 |
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FRANCO WAS SMART. HE WON. BY JOINING IN THE WAR HE HAD NOTHING TO GAIN AND EVERYTHING TO LOSE. AFTER ALL, IF SPAIN HAD JOINED THE POWERS IT WOULD HAVE...
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| 00:50:22 |
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OFF THE TV AND MP3 PLAYER ETC. AND PICKED UP YOUR BOOK A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. IT TRULY HELPED HIM AND READING. I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE GENESIS OF...
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| 00:51:02 |
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AT THEATERS BECAUSE OF HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE AND THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE CATHEDRALS BUT I VERY QUICKLY BECAME INTERESTED IN HOW THEY WERE BUILT. WHEN...
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| 00:54:02 |
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PAST. AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT SELL IN THE UNITED STATES. YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THAT WAS HE WAS NOT TELLING YOU WHAT WOULD SELL IN THE UNITED STATES. HE...
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| 00:54:28 |
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BUT IN YOUR WRITINGS, HAVE PEOPLE COME UP TO YOU AND SAID, I HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU WROTE? I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO WRITE OR...
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| 00:55:04 |
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TO A PERSON STRONGLY BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THEY ARE GOING THROUGH IN THEIR PERSONAL LIFE AT THE TIME SO IF THEY ARE GOING FOR TRAGEDY AND A BOOK SOMEHOW...
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| 00:55:58 |
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ARE PRACTICING LAW OR THEY ARE ARE A MUSICIAN OR GOING TO AFRICA, HAVE A FEELING THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS GOING TO CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE EVEN IF IT'S...
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| 00:56:25 |
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DISCLAIMER, AND A GRADUATE
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| 00:56:26 |
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OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
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| 00:56:29 |
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OSLO. [LAUGHTER] YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW GINGERLY YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH THE REAL CHARACTERS AND I WAS VERY MUCH STRUCK AND I RECENTLY REREAD IT, YOUR TREATMENT...
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| 00:57:01 |
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OF STUFF. ONE OF THE THINGS, IF THERE'S ANY DIFFICULTY IT'S NOT FINDING THE MATERIAL BUT SHIFTING -- SIFTING THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF. I THINK YOU...
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| 00:58:28 |
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YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF LITERATURE? >> WELL I READ -- I READ A LOT OF 19th CENTURY FICTION.
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| 00:58:37 |
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THAT IS WHAT I ENJOY THE MOST. I LIKE STORIES IN
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| 00:58:41 |
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WHICH THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE CHARACTERS AND THE ACTIONS THEY TAKE CHANGE THE COURSE OF EVENTS. THAT IS THE TRADITIONAL SHAPE OF A NOVEL. IF I DO...
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| 01:00:25 |
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THIS BOOK. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] >> BY THE WAY YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THE SAME. >> WHILE THEY ARE SIGNING I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, DALE...
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| 01:00:44 |
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FOR PUBLIC PROGRAMS
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| 01:00:46 |
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AND HOW THRILLING IT IS TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE AND THESE TWO CHARMING GENTLEMAN. I AM SURE YOU WILL AGREE AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THE BOOK IS ON...
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