Top 53 Quotes by David Mitchell

About David Mitchell

These are some quotes by English author David Mitchell Novelist, who was born on January 12, 1969.

I can write pretty much anywhere.

I can write pretty much anywhere.

David Mitchell

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.

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

Writers are so used to books being optioned and then the movie never happens.

Writers are so used to books being optioned and then the movie never happens.

David Mitchell

Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.

Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.

David Mitchell

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

David Mitchell

You can't be a part-time Richard Dawkins.

You can't be a part-time Richard Dawkins.

David Mitchell

Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't that true! That's why I always kill jokes. I'm terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I can't get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon.

David Mitchell

A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.

A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.

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.

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.

David Mitchell

I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.

I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.

David Mitchell

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