“I do make myself be interested in places in a way that I don't make myself be interested in people.” PeopleWay Author:Jonathan Meades
“If you're going to write about something it becomes a damn sight more interesting than if you're not going to write about it, because you engage with it actively in a way that you wouldn't if you were just passing through or if you were going to St Helens to visit family or if it was a place that made you resentful because you'd always wanted to escape from there.” IfsWayWritingMadeWantedInterestingSightPassingPassingsDamnPassing ThroughResentful Author:Jonathan Meades
“If you have slightly pathological interest in all the components of places, it forces you to engage with them in a way that perhaps otherwise you wouldn't, and that's the only way I can put it.” IfsWayI CanForceInterestComponents Author:Jonathan Meades
“I like looking at the countryside as well as anyone... a little countryside goes a long way, but it's almost like the DNA of a civilisation is in its cities.” WayWellsLittlesLongCitiesDnaLong WayCivilisationCountryside Author:Jonathan Meades
“The construction industry likes nothing more than a blank canvas onto which they can impose a brand new building, because that way they can make more money.” WayBuildingIndustryLikesBrandsConstructionMore MoneyBlankCanvasBrand NewBlank CanvasConstruction Industry Author:Jonathan Meades
