Will Self
Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
September 26, 1961
Website
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Genre
Influences
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Great Apes
48 editions
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published
1997
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The Book of Dave
24 editions
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published
2006
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How the Dead Live
29 editions
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published
2000
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The Quantity Theory of Insanity
39 editions
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published
1991
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My Idea of Fun
35 editions
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published
1993
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Cock & Bull
36 editions
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published
1992
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Dorian
35 editions
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published
2002
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Umbrella
38 editions
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published
2012
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Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys
23 editions
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published
1998
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Grey Area and Other Stories
20 editions
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published
1994
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“A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.”
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“Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.”
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“Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that you have a substantial body of work before you get down to the real work which is all in ... the edit."
[Ten rules for writing fiction (part two), The Guardian, 20 February 2010]”
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[Ten rules for writing fiction (part two), The Guardian, 20 February 2010]”
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