Perhaps all human interaction is about wanting and getting. David Mitchell humaninteractionwant Change image and share on social
I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment. David Mitchell anciententertainmentform Change image and share on social
My books are anti-absolutist and deeply distrustful of any religious stance that precludes the validity of any other. David Mitchell absolutistantibook Change image and share on social
When I was about 14, in about 1984, I decided to become a great poet. Faber & Faber was going to publish me, and when Ted Hughes read my first anthology he would invite me to Yorkshire for meat pies and mentorship. David Mitchell anthologydecidefaber share on social
It's true that stammerers can become more adept at sentence construction. David Mitchell adeptconstructionsentence Change image and share on social
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. David Mitchell bigheadednesscrimecut Change image and share on social
Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience. David Mitchell childclobberexperience Change image and share on social
Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale. David Mitchell complexcomposecreativity Change image and share on social
I don't have problems starting writing. I have problems stopping. I'm one of the last dads to arrive at school to collect the kids, because I want to get this paragraph just right. David Mitchell arrivecollectdad Change image and share on social
