I don't make a distinction in any real way between fiction and nonfiction. They are not opposites in my mind, but points on a continuum. Each particular 'fiction' and 'nonfiction' we writers create is a unique and formalized lie, manipulating objective truth and pure invention to, hopefully, tell an engaging story and in the process achieve a particular effect on the reader.
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I am a Serbian by birth, having been forged in that future former country, Yugoslavia, and in my twenty-odd years have accumulated almost nothing. The sum total of my possessions to date include a name (and even that I am not longer certain belongs to me), some borrowed clothes, an envelope with documents of dubious value, and a small herd of sheep, which at last count ran somewhat less than two.
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A journey of a single step starts with a thousand excuses.
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Gudgeon is a best-selling author.
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Gudgeon's son Charles appeared in the film The Keeper, staring Denis Hopper.
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Gudgeon's first professional TV credit was as seven-year-old extra in a Kellogg's Corn Flakes commercial.
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Gudgeon is dyslexic and has ADHD.
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Gudgeon's father William played Poseidon in Ray Harryhausen's classic film, Jason and the Argonauts.
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