The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows.
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Nationality: Australian Type: Novelist Born: February 7, 1943 |
And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything.
I'd have to say the whole experience in making The Neverending Story. I had an incredible time.