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In writing novels I have never been able to place much importance upon the distinction between real and imagined. A novelist, it seems to me, makes as much or as little use of the real world as he needs to project his vision of life.

— Angus Wilson The Wild Garden (1963)

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All writers know aspects of life that they take very much for granted, that yet to their readers appear peculiar, special.

The Wild Garden (1963)

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

No Laughing Matter (1967)

Life isn't just to be found, you have to work for it.

No Laughing Matter (1967)

Life can't be put on paper in all its complexity.

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The roots of art and play lie very close together.

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