“I think words operate like musical notes that the eyeball hears.” ThinkingNotesMusicalEyeballsMusical Notes Author:David Mitchell
“I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.” NovelNovelistsLivelihood Author:David Mitchell
“I'm from a time and place where bigheadedness was a really savage crime, and you'd get cut down for it by your peers and parents.” ParentCuttingCrimeSavagesPeers Author:David Mitchell
“I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.” PastDadBraveTravellerFoolhardy Author:David Mitchell
“When I think about it, I'm happily bewildered that people will preorder my books They'll preorder me. What a lucky guy!” PeopleThinkingBookGuyLuckyBewilderedLucky Guy Author:David Mitchell
“Write something every single day, even if it's just three lines. And it doesn't matter if it's any good - just write something every day.” IfsWritingMatterThreeLines Author:David Mitchell
“The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLittlesCountryCrazyParanoidCrazy People Book:Basquiat Source: Basquiat
“'Y' is about the weakest letter of all. 'Y' can't make up its mind if it's a vowel or a consonant, can it?” IfsMindLettersVowelsConsonants Author:David Mitchell
“As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off.” LongInterestingPossibilityUniformsCivilisationEthnicityBadges Author:David Mitchell