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Elliot Perlman
Australian Author
Born: May 7, 1964
Down Life Me Try Will You
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As my name might suggest, I'm Jewish. My grandparents were Polish and Russian Jews who came to Australia in the late 1920s, and had they not, we wouldn't be talking now. Elliot Perlman
Jews Late Russian Had Name Talking Polish Came Were Australia Might Grandparents Who Now Suggest Jewish
I like dialogue in novels. I wanted to avoid laying history on with a trowel - appearing to be lecturing, as opposed to the characters lecturing their children or students. Dialogue can humanise the story and make it go down somewhat more smoothly. Elliot Perlman
History Down Characters More Somewhat Laying Students Like Make Smoothly Dialogue Opposed Go Lecturing Children Wanted Story Avoid Appearing Novels
Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality. Elliot Perlman
Me Quality Try Will Down Only Write Concerned Affect Being Night
I'm a Taurus, which sounds like the name of a pickup truck. I'd prefer to be born under the sign of the rock wallaby. If you're going to interpret your life pursuant to an utterly irrational dogma, why can't it have a cute mascot? Rock wallabies really are fabulous animals, and in any remotely just world, they would have their own star sign. Elliot Perlman
Life You Pickup World Animals Own Cute Sign Would Fabulous Born Truck Name Like Remotely Rock Dogma Sounds Irrational Any Going Just Taurus Which Prefer Really Your Star Why Interpret Utterly
I can't really remember a time in my life when I didn't know something about what we call the Holocaust. It was this dark topic that I would know more about when I got older, but which was spoken about in hushed tones. Elliot Perlman
Life Time Dark Remember My Life Older Topic Would About Something More Spoken Know Call Got Which Holocaust Really Tones
I know that at literary festivals I'm speaking mostly to middle-class women, who frequently vote in a way that is contrary to how I'd like them to vote. Elliot Perlman
Vote Women Way Like Know Mostly Frequently How Contrary Festivals Literary Them Speaking Who
Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality. I might have a Scotch to keep me going, but I like to be as awake and as alert as possible. Elliot Perlman
Me Quality Try Will Down Possible Only Write Like Concerned Affect Scotch Going Being Might Awake Keep Night Alert

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