I added 'writers' to my list of people not to trust. They make everything up. David Mitchell More Quotes by David Mitchell More Quotes From David Mitchell If losers can exploit what their adversaries teach them, yes, losers can become winners in the long term. David Mitchell winner loser long What do I miss? Second-hand bookshops where I can find things I had no idea I wanted. AbeBooks helps, but it doesn't have that smell. David Mitchell smell hands ideas Any society's upper-crust is riddled with immorality, how else d'you think they keep their power? Reputation is king of the public sphere, not private. It is dethroned by public acts. David Mitchell spheres kings thinking I really wish they hadn't made the set out of asbestos. David Mitchell asbestos wish funny I feel like something important has happened to me. Is this possible? David Mitchell atlas important feels To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom. David Mitchell boredom fascination judging Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible. David Mitchell kick-ass atlas inspiring Good moods’re as fragile as eggs...Bad moods’re as fragile as bricks. David Mitchell bricks eggs bad-mood Don't remember summer even saying goodbye. David Mitchell summer remember goodbye The best way to get out of debt is not to seek to get out of debt, but to seek to create wealth David Mitchell debt wealth way This isn’t lust. Lust wants, does the obvious Love is greedier. Love wants round-the-clock care; protection; rings, vows, joint accounts; scented candles on birthdays; life insurance. Babies. Love’s a dictator. David Mitchell lust love-is baby Secrets affect you more than you’d think. You lie to keep them hidden. You steer talk away from them. You worry someone’ll discover yours and tell the world. You think you are in charge of the secret, but isn’t it the secret who’s actually using you? David Mitchell worry lying thinking ... but it is attitude, not years, that condemns one to the ranks of the Undead, or else proffers salvation. In the domain of the young there dwells many an Undead soul. They rush about so, their inner putrefaction is concealed for a few decades, that is all. David Mitchell soul attitude years Wars do not combust without warning. They begin as little fires over the horizon. Wars approach. A wise man watches for the smoke, and prepares to vacate the neighborhood, just like Ayrs and Jocasta. My worry is that the next war will be so big, nowhere with a decent restaurant will be left untouched. David Mitchell wise men war Ive never had cocaine. I work in showbusiness and no one has ever offered me cocaine. Can you believe that? It makes me worry Im not always the life and soul of the party that I feel like in my head. David Mitchell party worry believe If I want to act relaxed, it's going to take all my cunning, skill, and concentration. David Mitchell skills want funny The human world is made of stories, not people. David Mitchell stories people world 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 loneliness travel thinking Perhaps all human interaction is about wanting and getting. David Mitchell interaction humans Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of reinterpretatio n for the new language may be not only inevitable but desirable. David Mitchell faithful degrees believe
