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John Burdett

British Novelist

Born: Jul 24, 1951

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It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path. John Burdett

Life Safety Amazing Path Made Become Subconscious Every Imagination Assurance Final Our Net Bets Direction Also Safer Safety Net Understand How Any Quite Closure Fork Hedge Realize Hard Appalling Rehearsal Works

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world. John Burdett

People World Changed Way Buddhism Buddhist Studying Combined Look Talking Thai Going Just Themselves Then Monks Meditating

I discovered that Thailand was one of those countries, like Sri Lanka and India, where memory of past lives used to be commonplace. Go back a few generations, and you find people talking about earlier lives with total certainty. John Burdett

You Memory People Past Few Back Those India Find Total About Generations Countries Like Talking Go Discovered Thailand Where Commonplace Used Lanka Certainty Lives Earlier

'Shun security,' I advise aspiring novelists when they complain to me that they are stuck. 'Get disoriented. Maybe your agonizing writing block isn't agonizing enough. Your enemy is comfort.' John Burdett

Me Writing Enemy Complain Enough Security Stuck Comfort Advise Block Get Maybe Your Disoriented Aspiring Agonizing Novelists Shun

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id. John Burdett

Vegas ID Glitter Concrete America Expression Las Vegas

I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I don't think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris - or Bangkok? John Burdett

Money Winner Difficult Think Spend Topics Immensely Plugging More Paris Thriller Safe Reader Sure Because Get American Bangkok Interested Disinterested Average Average American Based Why Publishers Playing

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them. John Burdett

Mind Has-Been Only Buddhist Forced Cultivate Been Exist Contradictions Them

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