Once you've published a few books, you drag around this ball and chain of a back list. All the evidence of how few you've sold is there. I think a lot of writers my age have this strange experience of going from would-be to has-been. Geoff Dyer agebackball share on social
I'm as strong and supple as a pane of thin glass. I've got too many ailments - left shoulder, left elbow and left wrist - in fact, the whole of the left arm. Geoff Dyer ailmentarmelbow Change image and share on social
For me, those little cinemas in Paris where I saw many art films for the first time meant that cinema became a kind of pilgrimage site. Geoff Dyer artcinemafilm Change image and share on social
While writing, I'm always so happy in the middle of a book or finishing a book and really hate starting them, so I often think, 'I wish I had a really big book to write to which I could devote seven years of my life.' Geoff Dyer bigbookdevote share on social
For me, a great joke is an idea expressed in extremely concentrated form. Geoff Dyer concentrateexpressextremely Change image and share on social
I feel that form determines how readers read a book and how they judge it. Geoff Dyer bookdeterminefeel 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
If you just take me as a fiction writer, then you're probably going to find me fairly limited. Geoff Dyer fairlyfictionfind 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
I do understand my limitations as a fiction writer, which is why my novels are always going to be close to home. Geoff Dyer closefictionhome Change image and share on social
