I'd defend the right for any novelist to experiment with form or language, but if people don't take to it, don't react by making out that they are thick. Graham Joyce defendexperimentform Change image and share on social
Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference. Graham Joyce citycollapselook Change image and share on social
Every day the eye is subject to a thousand tiny shocks as a thousand industries compete for the eye-kick, the visual hook that will lock the consumer into product for that crucial second where the tiny - or not so tiny - leap of the imagination is made. Graham Joyce competeconsumercrucial share on social
It's just that to a lot of British people George Bush represents the worst of all things American. He's the right-wing Christian crusader, the toxic Texan who refused Kyoto, the poll-cheat eel who undermined democracy on the back of something called 'chads,' a notion we've never entirely grasped. Graham Joyce americanbackbad share on social
Our literary culture is marinated in deep traditions of the fantastic and the supernatural, and we export those rich qualities in films and books on a spectacular industrial scale. Graham Joyce bookculturedeep Change image and share on social
I have to get out once a week and speak with people or I start thinking I'm the emperor of Abyssinia. Graham Joyce abyssiniaemperorpeople Change image and share on social
My story reflexes come less from fantasy or horror than from the darker sort of psychological thriller - not as plot-driven as most, rather more mood-driven. My interest in the supernatural is a complication - though I am less interested in ghosts than in people who see ghosts. Graham Joyce complicationdarkdrive share on social
Perhaps writers should never be allowed to get together in a workplace context. It's not like studying computer science, after all. The emotions are at large, and are shared and are questioned. There is a vulnerability. Graham Joyce allowcomputercontext share on social
If I couldn't get published tomorrow I'd still be writing. It's something to do with feeling so overwhelmed by this experience of life that you have to tell someone about it, and in a way that reorders the experience to make it manageable. Graham Joyce experiencefeltlife share on social