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“He [Thelonious Monk] played each note as though astonished by the previous one, as though every touch of his fingers on the keyboard was correcting an error and this touch in turn became an error to be corrected and so the tune never quite ended up the way it was meant to.”

Quote by Geoff Dyer

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Geoff Dyer

Geoff Dyer is a British writer known for his distinctive travel literature and essays. His works often use travel as a backdrop to explore themes of personal identity, cultural differences, and memory. more

“People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough. It was quite possible that the central event of your life could be something that didn't happen, or something you thought didn't happen. Otherwise there'd be no need for fiction, there'd only be memoirs and histories.”

People Thinking Needs Matter Enough Happens Fiction Happened Events Memoir Qualifications

Book:Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi: A Novel

Source: Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi: A Novel

“Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it's a choice between writing a book and doing nothing I will always choose the latter. It's only if I have an idea for two books that I choose one rather than the other. I always have to feel that I'm bunking off from something.”

Ifs Feels Writing Two Book Ideas Choices Latter One Time Doing Nothing Writing A Book

Author:Geoff Dyer

“When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen.”

Way Writing Self Happens Form Company Lonely Compensation Making Up

Book:Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It

Source: Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It

“Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.”