In history books, or the one about the guy who cut his hand off to get out of a canyon in Utah, you really want them to be accurate. But my stuff is such small beer by comparison. Geoff Dyer accuratebeerbook Change image and share on social
In many ways, I was a typical young guy out of college. I was at Oxford, where every night there'd be a late showing of some great film. Geoff Dyer collegefilmgreat Change image and 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
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
I didn't get on a plane until I was 23, after I left Oxford and was teaching at Lucy Clayton Secretarial College in London. Geoff Dyer claytoncollegeleave 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
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
I think I can recognize when a piece is at a state of completion. Geoff Dyer completionpiecerecognize Change image and share on social
Writing, for me, has always been a way of not having a career. Geoff Dyer careerwrite Change image and share on social
