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Film writer

Graham Swift is a renowned British screenwriter known for his profound psychological portrayals and unique narrative style. His works often delve into the relationship between personal memory and history, as well as profound insights into modern society.

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“People die when curiosity goes.People have to find out, people have to know. How can there be any true revolution till we know what we're made of? 830”

People Knows Made Dies Know How Revolution Curiosity

Author:Graham Swift

“Children, be curious. Nothing is worse (I know it) than when curiosity stops. Nothing is more repressive than the repression of curiosity. Curiosity begets love. It weds us to the world. It's part of our perverse, madcap love for this impossible planet we inhabit. People die when curiosity goes. People have to find out, people have to know.”

People Knows World Children Dies Impossible Planets Curiosity Curious Repression Begets

Author:Graham Swift

“People die when curiosity goes.”

People Dies Curiosity Intellectual Curiosity

Author:Graham Swift

“When people aren't expecting to be seen, they look their truest.”

People Looks Expecting Truest

Book:The Sweet Shop Owner

Source: The Sweet Shop Owner

“I am struck by the way people behave on the Tube. They look at each other beadily and inquisitively, and something goes on in their thoughts which must be equivalent to the way dogs and other animals, when they meet, sniff each other's arses and nuzzle each other's fur.”

People Way Looks Animal Dog Goes On Behave Fur Tubes Arses

Book:Shuttlecock

Source: Shuttlecock

“If people read 'Tomorrow' and feel that it is offering them some view of my own household, they would be very, very wrong.”

People Ifs Feels Would Be My Own Views Tomorrow Offering Household

Author:Graham Swift

About the Author

Born: May 4, 1949
Known for: Film writer
Quotes: 49

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