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Jasper Fforde
British
Novelist
Born:
Jan 11
,
1961
Books
Good
Me
People
Thought
Writing
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I just write books, and I do it without any notion of what I should do or shouldn't do.
Jasper Fforde
Books
Write
Without
Any
Just
Should
Notion
I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.
Jasper Fforde
Work
Mischief
Principle
Error
Very
Anything
Mankind
Much
Created
Inception
Hardwired
Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits, which makes those who rail against them that much more remarkable.
Jasper Fforde
Myth
Own
Our
Those
Something
More
Habits
Remarkable
Almost
Self-Determination
Makes
Governed
Which
Against
Them
Much
Notions
Who
Whole
Rail
Peculiar
In the creative industries, there are few things more exciting than a zinger - a thought, idea, line, plot device - anything really, that just totally works in a fundamentally new and fresh way. It's like a uniquely lovely melody or a new taste idea in cooking. Something special, something new, something wonderful. They're also very rare.
Jasper Fforde
Creative
Cooking
Wonderful
Thought
Rare
Few
Way
Melody
Plot
Totally
Something
More
Something New
Something Special
Exciting
Idea
New
Device
Like
Also
Industries
Fresh
Line
Very
Than
Taste
Few Things
Just
Anything
Lovely
Really
Special
Works
Uniquely
Things
Fundamentally
So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix.
Jasper Fforde
Comedy
Humor
Say
Highbrow
Comedy Shows
Mix
Mixture
Theater
Interesting
Shows
If you give children the freedom to do very little, quite a lot will do very little.
Jasper Fforde
Freedom
You
Will
Give
Lot
Very
Quite
Quite A Lot
Children
Little
When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened.
Jasper Fforde
People
Thought
Made
About
Had
Until
Just
Happened
Realised
Movies
Then
There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them.
Jasper Fforde
Me
Entertain
Give
Cash
Give Me
Writer
Between
Reader
Readers
Contract
Them
Every book should have a romance.
Jasper Fforde
Book
Every
Romance
Should
I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film.
Jasper Fforde
Book
Logical
Made
Step
Opinion
Next
Film
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