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As most real writers do, he wrote because he had something to say, not because of any specific ambition to be a writer.James Hilton
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Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you're certain it's the wrong road and you tell them, but they won't listen, so you just have to plod along in what you know is the wrong direction till somebody more important gets the same idea?James Hilton
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It's a very remarkable story."" Remarkable's a well-chosen word. It doesn't give you away.James Hilton
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For London, Blampied claimed, was of all cities in the world the most autumnal –its mellow brickwork harmonizing with fallen leaves and October sunsets, just as the etched grays of November composed themselves with the light and shade of Portland stone. There was a charm, a deathless charm, about a city whose inhabitants went about muttering, "The nights are drawing in, " as if it were a spell to invoke the vast, sprawling creature-comfort of winter.James Hilton