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

 

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.


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I became quite taken over by Johnson's personality at some points while writing the biography, and since I went straight on to The Closed Circle afterwards, I did sometimes feel I could hear him whispering in my ear while I was working on it.

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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

My only regret is that I signed away the world rights and in America they've been far and away my most successful books, but I never saw a cent from any of it.

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