Travel far enough, you meet yourself. David Mitchell More Quotes by David Mitchell More Quotes From David Mitchell I can write pretty much anywhere. David Mitchell i-can writing I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels. David Mitchell livelihood novelists novel I'm from a time and place where bigheadedness was a really savage crime, and you'd get cut down for it by your peers and parents. David Mitchell savages cutting parent I'm not a great deep political thinker. David Mitchell thinker political Memories are their own descendents masquerading as the ancestors of the present. David Mitchell ancestor memories Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality David Mitchell specks originality humanity Who was blowing on the nape of my neck? David Mitchell necks We are both busy people, so let's cut the small talk. David Mitchell cutting busy people Torturous advances won over generations can be lost by a single stroke of a myopic president's pen or a vainglorious general's sword. David Mitchell myopic generations president Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core. David Mitchell states belief school As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off. David Mitchell ethnicity long interesting 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 lines three writing When I think about it, I'm happily bewildered that people will preorder my books They'll preorder me. What a lucky guy! David Mitchell book people thinking I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave. David Mitchell dad brave past A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice. David Mitchell voice winning giving The song instantly insisted it'd never existed. David Mitchell song I lost my balance when the train pulled away, but a human crumple zone buffered my fall. We stayed like that, half fallen. Diagonal People. David Mitchell balance people fall ... in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders further violence until the only "rights", the only law, are whatever is willed by the most powerful. David Mitchell powerful ignorance fear Music’s a wood you walk through. David Mitchell woods walks Often I think boys don’t become men. Boys just get papier-mâchéd inside a man’s mask. Sometimes you can tell the boy is still in there. David Mitchell men boys thinking
