Geoff Dyer Quotes

I guess, when I left university, I liked the idea of being a writer, and I thought then that being a writer really meant that you were a novelist. But if one of the impulses for being a novelist is wanting to be a storyteller, I never had any urge to tell stories.

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 5, 1958

Topics

ThoughtYouNeverUniversityTell

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

Joan Allen

YourselfLovedGoKnowProveShy

The more films and TV shows I spoil for myself, the more I am convinced that truly interesting stories can't be ruined - the plot thickens with the viewing like a rich sauce.

Jenna Wortham

MyselfI AmRichInterestingMore

I saw that e-mail was insidiously invading Phones 4u, so I banned it immediately.

John Caudwell

PhonesSawBannedE-MailInvading

A bumblebee can't fly. He's aerodynamically unsound. But he doesn't know that.

Melvin Van Peebles

FlyKnowHeUnsound

I feel like I don't have a lot of time left.

Maurice Sendak

TimeFeelLeftI Feel LikeLikeLot

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.

Stanley Fish

SomeoneYouMoralKnowAlwaysBased

My experience and research has led me to the regrettable conclusion that our system of mass incarceration functions more like a caste system than a system of crime prevention or control.

Michelle Alexander

ExperienceMeResearchControlCrime

What you bring to the stage is what you are in real life... people sense that.

Lisa Lampanelli

LifePeopleYouRealStageBring

Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.

Diane Ackerman

LoveSunlightTouchSeemsEssential

Death is a dying industry with an economic phenomenon.

Perianne Boring

DeathDyingIndustryEconomic

If you don't want to have your private life splashed everywhere, why go to the restaurants and the places you know you're going to be photographed?

Marina and the Diamonds

LifeYouGoKnowWantWhy

In tennis ball cricket, even it's hit from the toe of the bat, the ball still travels a lot, but in normal cricket, it has to be the middle part of the bat, so it requires a lot of work.

MS Dhoni

WorkCricketTennisNormalMiddle

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