I guess, when I left university, I liked the idea of being a writer, and I thought then that being a writer really meant that you were a novelist. But if one of the impulses for being a novelist is wanting to be a storyteller, I never had any urge to tell stories. Geoff Dyer guessideaimpulse share on social
Contrary to popular belief, Oxford has the highest concentration of dull-witted, stupid, narrow-minded people anywhere in the British Isles. Geoff Dyer beliefbritishconcentration Change image and share on social
My Tarkovsky idolatry was at its peak, but 'Nostalghia' really didn't do anything for me. 'The Sacrifice' was similarly disappointing for me. Next thing we knew, he was dead. Geoff Dyer deaddisappointidolatry Change image and share on social
My reading of serious books about serious music is seriously compromised by the way that I can't understand any musical theory. Any mentions of D major or C minor are meaningless to me. Geoff Dyer bookcompromisemajor Change image and share on social
While admiring the pleasing evidence of wealth, we become complicit in - or, at the very least, recognize the extent to which we, too, are beneficiaries of - an economic system we routinely deplore. Geoff Dyer admirebeneficiarycomplicit Change image and share on social
The CGI landscape is another world. It has its own physical laws; it can defy gravity. But surely the wonder of cinematic space is that it is wedded to reality? Geoff Dyer cgicinematicdefy Change image and share on social
You read 'Stalingrad' by Antony Beevor because you're interested in the Second World War or Russia or whatever. Geoff Dyer antonybeevorinterest Change image and share on social
In terms of target audience, who cares what a middle-aged guy like me wants; most mainstream are not catering to me at all. Geoff Dyer ageaudiencecare Change image and share on social
Cheever constantly voiced doubts about his writing. Reading 'The Naked and the Dead' made him despair of his own 'confined talents.' Geoff Dyer cheeverconfineconstantly Change image and share on social
It really doesn't matter if it happened exactly how I say it happened. Geoff Dyer happenmatter Change image and share on social
