My evangelical phase about Burning Man is well and truly in the past. Geoff Dyer burnevangelicalman Change image and share on social
We are moving beyond the non-fiction novel to different kinds of narrative art, different forms of cognition. Loaded with moral and political point, narrative has been recalibrated to record, honour, and protest the latest historically specific instance of futility and mess. Geoff Dyer artcognitionfiction share on social
I could never write a book where the point-of-view character was a short person, because I just can't imagine what that's like. Geoff Dyer bookcharacterimagine Change image and share on social
People never read my books for the quality of the documentary value. Geoff Dyer bookdocumentarypeople Change image and share on social
The series 'Generation Kill' is, along with everything else, a sustained critique of the structural and conventional fictions of 'The Hurt Locker.' Geoff Dyer conventionalcritiquefiction Change image and share on social
I've always had this belief that you want to write about universal truths. Geoff Dyer beliefhavetruth Change image and share on social
Earnest people are always a bit on the thick side in my experience. Geoff Dyer biteearnestexperience Change image and share on social
Borrowing something from one art form and relocating it in another always has a whiff of pretension about it, like in books if, instead of 'Chapter One,' you have 'First Movement.' Geoff Dyer artbookborrow 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