Anita Brookner CBE (born 16 July 1928) is a British, Booker award-winning novelist and art historian. Read full biography of Anita Brookner →
It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.
I'm a middle-class, middle-brow novelist. And that's it. It amuses me.
It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.
I never learnt Hebrew because my health was fragile, and it was thought that learning Hebrew would be an added burden. I regret it, because I would... →
I'm not very popular, because they're bleak and they're mournful and all the rest of it and I get censorious reviews. But I'm only... →
There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see... →
Anita Brookner CBE (born 16 July 1928) is a British, Booker award-winning novelist and art historian.