Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors, and their toes are going to curl up. Jim Crace Read Quote
Part of me feels that I’m letting people down by not being as interesting as my books. Jim Crace Read Quote
Sixteen years as a freelance features journalist taught me that neither the absence of ‘the Muse’ nor the presence of ‘the block’ should be allowed to hinder the orderly progress of a book. Jim Crace Read Quote
I adore falseness. I don’t want you to tell me accurately what happened yesterday. I want you to lie about it, to exaggerate, to entertain me. Jim Crace Read Quote
As a natural historian, I don’t believe in the consciousness of rocks or the opinions of rainbows or the convictions of slugs. Jim Crace Read Quote
I’m interested in taking hold of the dull truth narrative and finding inside it the transcendence and spirituality and hysteria normally associated with religion. Jim Crace Read Quote
All the uncontrollable and unpredictable parts of my life – from the actual creation to my emotional responses to the finished book – I’ve succeeded in banishing to the office. And I think I’m happier for it. Jim Crace Read Quote
The celebrity sense of writers is something which is very tempting… But the enthusiasm comes from the fact that it’s such a natural activity, storytelling. Jim Crace Read Quote
