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In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to?

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Joyce Carol Oates Novelist, short story writer and essayist

I’ve turned down opportunities constantly. I turn down invitations to do things for money. I have almost no interest in making money.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 20 May 1997 source ↗

Roddy Doyle Novelist, dramatist and screenwriter

Do restrict your browsing to a few websites a day. Don’t go near the online bookies – unless it’s research. […] Do not search amazon.co.uk for the book you haven’t written yet.

Recorded The Guardian Review, 20 February 2010 source ↗

Colm Tóibín Novelist, essayist and critic

No alcohol, sex or drugs while you are working. […] No going to London. […] No going anywhere else either.

Recorded The Guardian Review, 20 February 2010 source ↗

Jeanette Winterson Novelist and essayist

Take no notice of anyone you don’t respect. […] Take no notice of anyone with a gender agenda. A lot of men still think that women lack imagination of the fiery kind.

Recorded The Guardian Review, 20 February 2010 source ↗

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