There's something awful about Oxford, I think. It's such a little ghetto. Geoff Dyer awfulghettooxford Change image and share on social
Inevitably, most readers come to John Cheever's 'Journals' via his fiction. Whatever value they might have in their own right, their viability as a publishing proposition was conditional on the interest of the large readership of his novels and stories. Geoff Dyer cheeverconditionalfiction share on social
I would probably, in my 60s, be ready to start having kids, as long as I was spared all the stuff about it that doesn't appeal to me. By then, I'd have lost interest in practically everything, so there'd be no opportunity cost involved. Geoff Dyer 60sappealcost share on social
The person doing the learning is the person writing the book as much as the person reading it. Geoff Dyer booklearnperson Change image and share on social
Physical violence is always a bore in films today. We don't see how much it hurts. We don't learn the true consequences of it. Geoff Dyer bearconsequencefilm 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
What I've really liked doing is combining what you might call art criticism or music criticism with something that is happening in real life. Geoff Dyer artcallcombine Change image and share on social
Cheever constantly voiced doubts about his writing. Reading 'The Naked and the Dead' made him despair of his own 'confined talents.' Geoff Dyer cheeverconfineconstantly Change image and share on social
There are the tears of rage when books get praised when they're so obviously garbage. But then there are so many more that continue to move me: the end of 'Paradise Lost,' 'The Ruined Cottage' by Wordsworth, Prospero's 'Our revels now are ended' speech near the end of 'The Tempest.' Geoff Dyer bookcontinuecottage share on social
