It doesn't require much thought for one to realise that any travel book worthy of the name has to be a departure from the standard idea of the form. Geoff Dyer bookdepartureform Change image and share on social
I'll be writing essays long after I've stopped writing fiction. There is this unusually broad range in the non-fiction, but if you look at what I'm capable of as a novelist, I'm more limited. Geoff Dyer broadcapableessay Change image and share on social
Once you've got through immigration, one is always made to feel very welcome in America, once they've let you in. It's a great place to be. Geoff Dyer americafeelgreat Change image and share on social
One of the great privileges of my life was growing up in a house without books. Geoff Dyer bookgreatgrow Change image and share on social
What I don't like is constructing a book that fits in with any kind of generic template, whether it's fiction or nonfiction. Geoff Dyer bookconstructfiction Change image and share on social
There's one profound difference between secular and religious pilgrimages. It's inconceivable that a Muslim would feel a sense of anticlimax when reaching Mecca. But for a secular pilgrim, the potential for disappointment is always there. Geoff Dyer anticlimaxdifferencedisappointment 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
I think I can recognize when a piece is at a state of completion. Geoff Dyer completionpiecerecognize Change image and share on social
Making the ordinary potentially magical is what film should be all about. Geoff Dyer filmmagicalmake Change image and share on social
