Jonathan Coe

It seems to me that you would have to write a novel on a very small, intimate scale for it not to become political. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

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Luckily, in my case, I have managed, by writing, to do the one thing that I always wanted to do. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

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My only regret is that I signed away the world rights and in America they've been far and away my most successful books, but I never saw a cent from any of it. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

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Thatcherism has become bigger than she ever was. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

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The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

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The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're 18th century novels - is Fielding, Henry Fielding, he's the guy who does it for me. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

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They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

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Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

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You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

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