• I'm a very organised and rational and linear thinker and you have to stop all that to write a novel.

    Hilary Mantel: I'm a very organised and rational and linear thinker and you have to stop all that to write a novel.
    "Hilary Mantel: 'If I'm suffering, I can make that pay'". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2012.