Interviewing is not a democratic art. Andrew O'Hagan artdemocraticinterview Change image and share on social
Fans of football and fans of nationhood have a similar zeal. Read the fanzines: their contributors could find a needle-sized diss in a haystack of compliments, and their passions are fundamentalist. Andrew O'Hagan complimentcontributordis Change image and share on social
As a writer I care about America, and care about its carelessness. Andrew O'Hagan americacarecarelessness Change image and share on social
A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality. Andrew O'Hagan commoncommonalitydepend Change image and share on social
Long before I was a writer, when I was just a haphazard reader and a dreamer of stories, I learnt about an influential book by Harold Bloom. 'The Anxiety of Influence', published in 1973 when I was five years old, is taken up with the terrifying influence of poets on each other. Andrew O'Hagan anxietybloombook share on social
I've been asked which of the other arts novel-writing is most like, and I have come to believe it is acting. Of course, in terms of pattern it can be like music, in terms of structure it can be like painting, but the job to me is most like acting. Andrew O'Hagan actartask share on social
Like children all over the world, by the age of 10 I'd come to believe that most of the really humane creatures were not really human at all. Andrew O'Hagan agechildcreature Change image and share on social
Every literary culture has among its first bearings the 'blether' of animals who seek to make sense of human existence. Andrew O'Hagan animalbearingblether Change image and share on social
When you grow up by the sea, you spend a good deal of time looking at the horizon. You wonder what on Earth the waves might bring - and where the sea might deposit you - until one day you know you have lived between two places, the scene of arrival and the point of departure. Andrew O'Hagan arrivalbringday share on social
