Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it’s not jokes that are funny, it’s characters that are funny. And isn’t that true! That’s why I always kill jokes. I’m terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I can’t get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon. David Mitchell Read Quote
I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We can’t help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that it’s taught writers. David Mitchell Read Quote
Write something every single day, even if it’s just three lines. And it doesn’t matter if it’s any good – just write something every day. David Mitchell Read Quote
Loneliness is an integral part of travelling. I used to think it was the downside to travelling, but now I realise it is a necessary educative part of it to be embraced. David Mitchell Read Quote
When you’re out of your own cultural context you have conversations with yourself that you just don’t have at any other point in your life. When you’re in a hotel room on the border between India and Nepal you can really discover things about yourself. David Mitchell Read Quote
I’ve become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave. David Mitchell Read Quote
I’m a novelist, that’s how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels. David Mitchell Read Quote
Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again. David Mitchell Read Quote