Dutch - Writer | April 13, 1960 -
I am open-eyed about what poverty does to people.
Michel Faber
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One of the things that struck me about the 1870s, which we still haven't nearly addressed, is what to do about the male-female divide. One of the forbidden topics is when men own up to the omnivorousness of their sexual interest and how to square that with being in love with an individual woman.
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On an average day, I spend 12 hours listening to music. Very little writing.
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Most books are surplus to the world's requirements, and I am going to sound very conceited here, but I am trying to write books that aren't just using up trees.
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Art is head space that is very exclusive: it shuts people out; other people cease to exist.
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I don't remember my childhood very well for one reason or another, possibly childhood trauma or possibly just a very bad memory. My early life has sort of been erased from my memory banks.
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If someone's a cartoon villain, you can dismiss them, but if they behave despicably but you kind of like them, they really get under your skin.
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I tend to process emotional stuff very, very slowly.
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The family I grew up in was very inflexible and harsh. It left me with the feeling that if you do let somebody down badly, then even if they tell you it's all right, it cannot be all right.
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For years, I was quite a militant atheist. I wanted to burn down all the churches or turn them into second-hand record emporiums.
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I get increasingly respectful of people who have faith and increasingly creeped out by them.
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Before I was published, I thought men read car manuals or books about football. But once I started having really serious conversations with male lovers of literature, I let go of that prejudice.
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