Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. David Mitchell More Quotes by David Mitchell More Quotes From David Mitchell People like to say that East Asians in general, and Japanese in particular, are not very expressive: there's that term 'inscrutable.' But often, Europeans just don't get the Asian codes. Believe me, the message is being expressed OK. David Mitchell saymebelievepeople Every relationship has its own language. It takes a long time to evolve and read one another. Just as it's true for people, it's also true on a national or cultural level. David Mitchell timerelationshiplongpeople When I was about 14, in about 1984, I decided to become a great poet. Faber & Faber was going to publish me, and when Ted Hughes read my first anthology he would invite me to Yorkshire for meat pies and mentorship. David Mitchell greatmepoetmeat There's a disease that young writers are susceptible to, which is, I will do this because I can - hubris, I suppose - without stopping to work out why. David Mitchell willi-canyoungwork There's been very little writing about speech impediments, even though it's this huge psychological barrier. David Mitchell littleaboutspeechwriting
