When I talk about my artist parents, people imagine a bohemian environment and think, 'Aha, so that's where he gets it from!' But we were as white, straight, and middle-class as the next family on our white, straight, middle-class housing estate. David Mitchell ahaartistbohemian share on social
People like to say that East Asians in general, and Japanese in particular, are not very expressive: there's that term 'inscrutable.' But often, Europeans just don't get the Asian codes. Believe me, the message is being expressed OK. David Mitchell asiancodeeast share on social
There's a disease that young writers are susceptible to, which is, I will do this because I can - hubris, I suppose - without stopping to work out why. David Mitchell diseasehubrisstop Change image and share on social
I'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome. David Mitchell highidealanguage Change image and share on social
Historically, unfortunately, race seems to be the major division that humanity has imposed on itself, a way of subdividing into smaller groups. David Mitchell divisiongrouphistorically 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
Every relationship has its own language. It takes a long time to evolve and read one another. Just as it's true for people, it's also true on a national or cultural level. David Mitchell culturalevolvelanguage Change image and share on social
'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? David Mitchell consonantlettermake Change image and share on social
I still haven't quite got used to eating live fish. David Mitchell eatfishlive Change image and share on social
I'm not a great deep political thinker. David Mitchell deepgreatpolitical Change image and share on social
