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Quote by Jonathan Meades

“I genuinely find it difficult to think of places that I'd never want to see again. It might be because part of my career has been concerned with writing about topography.”

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Jonathan Meades

Jonathan Meades is a British writer, critic, and documentary filmmaker, born on January 21, 1947. His work is known for its unique perspective and satirical tone, covering a wide range of fields including architecture, art, and culture. more

“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.”

Ifs Way Writing Made Wanted Interesting Sight Passing Passings Damn Passing Through Resentful

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.”

Ifs Way I Can Force Interest Components

Author:Jonathan Meades

“The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy.”

Kind Light Government Individual Bulbs Light Bulb

Author:Michele Bachmann

“When I first started writing in my early 20s it was literary criticism for a very eccentric magazine called Books And Bookmen, which allowed me to write, more or less anything.”

Writing Firsts Book Criticism Magazines Eccentric Literary Criticism Early 20s

Author:Jonathan Meades