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
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
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
Writing, for me, has always been a way of not having a career. Geoff Dyer careerwrite Change image and share on social
It would be nice to turn off that incessant churning of consciousness. Geoff Dyer churnconsciousnessincessant Change image and share on social
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
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
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
I feel that form determines how readers read a book and how they judge it. Geoff Dyer bookdeterminefeel Change image and share on social