Life, it is true, can be grasped in all its confused futility merely by opening one's eyes and sitting passively, a spectator on the stands of... →
Will Self
Live life and write about life. Of the making of many books there is indeed no end, but there are more than enough books about books.
When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from those least inclined to... →
I do have a fantasy life in which I can grout bathrooms - but not for a living.
The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply.
Continuous present is all we have, and stream of consciousness - which in a novel is arguably just as artificial as the stilted dialogue that you get... →
The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower. Without it... →
It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent their conduct in play - their ability to deal... →
The only proper suit-and-tie job I've had in my life was the two years in the late 1980s when I ran a small corporate publishing company. I even... →
What the British seem to like are television historians and naturalists, not public intellectuals. You can't help feeling that's because one... →