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On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.

Penelope Fitzgerald
Writing, Thinking, Biographies
Penelope Fitzgerald (2008). “So I have thought of you: the letters of Penelope Fitzgerald”, Fourth Estate (GB)
On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.