“Sometimes people ask, 'Does writing make you happy?' But I think that'...” — Hilary Mantel Quote

“Sometimes people ask, 'Does writing make you happy?' But I think that's beside the point. It makes you agitated, and continually in a state where you're off balance. You seldom feel serene or settled.”

“'Wolf Hall' attempts to duplicate not the historian's chronology but the way memory works: in leaps, loops, flashes.”

“Like every writer, I'm drawn by unlikely juxtapositions, precisely-dated and once-only collisions between people from different worlds.”

“I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.”

“In 1844, there was a balance of perhaps of a couple of thousand dollars on the cr side.”

“I mainly believe in investing in property, creating a balance between property, equity and FDs.”