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I think they will never really enjoy true democracy in China.

Simon Winchester / Author
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I think they will never really enjoy true democracy in China.

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I've come to accept who my readers turn out to be, rather than having some sort of demographic target.

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I find the science behind major natural events almost more interesting than the way in which those same events wreak their effects on human society.

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To be perfectly honest the old habits, specifically deadlines, still very much inform what I do. I am brutally disciplined about getting manuscripts in on time.

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There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.

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