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As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off. David Mitchell badgecivilisationethnicity Change image and share on social
For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed. David Mitchell arrivecoalesceform Change image and share on social
If the human condition were the periodic table, maybe love would be hydrogen at No. 1. Death would be helium at No. 2. Power, I reckon, would be where oxygen is. David Mitchell conditiondeathhelium Change image and share on social
I usually feel like the role comes to you to sort of illuminate some piece of where you are in your life. I feel like I myself am a single woman and I'm childless - by choice - at this point, and I don't know what will happen. Sarah Paulson childlesschoicefeel share on social
The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it. Pamela Sargent businessconnectdeal share on social
My style is Edie Sedgwick meets Grace Jones, or Audrey Hepburn meets Salt 'n' Pepa. Strong and feisty but still classic. Estelle audreyclassicedie Change image and share on social