In 1843, everybody was hungry, unemployed, and conditions were very bad. Claire Tomalin badconditionhungry Change image and share on social
Writing Charles Dickens' biography is like writing five biographies. Claire Tomalin biographycharledicken Change image and share on social
All writers behave badly. All people behave badly. Claire Tomalin badlybehavepeople Change image and share on social
All the people I have written about remain with me - perhaps they are my closest friends. Claire Tomalin closefriendpeople Change image and share on social
I'm usually convinced that what I'm working on is a total disaster. Claire Tomalin convincedisastertotal Change image and share on social
You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them. Claire Tomalin interestknuckleold Change image and share on social
Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as coming through his fiction. Claire Tomalin comedickenfiction Change image and share on social
Biographies are, in their nature, far more difficult to make into films than novels, because novels come with plots constructed and dialogue written, whereas I don't invent dialogue for my subjects or plot their lives for them. Claire Tomalin biographyconstructdialogue share on social
My life was a sort of series of random disasters. Claire Tomalin disasterliferandom Change image and share on social
