I think the purveyors of e-books are only too happy for this atmosphere of 'everything belongs to everybody' to increase because it means they don't have to think so much about the original maker of the thing, or they can get away with paying them less. Graham Swift atmospherebelongbook share on social
My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite. Graham Swift absolutelyarchetypalarguably Change image and share on social
Possibly he knew, as he wrote this, that he was mad - because inside every madman sits a little sane man saying 'You're mad, you're mad.' Graham Swift insideknowmad Change image and share on social
Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself. Graham Swift impulsepartwant Change image and share on social
Novels, in my experience, are slow in coming, and once I've begun them I know I have years rather than months of work ahead of me. Graham Swift aheadbegincome Change image and share on social
I came from a lower-middle-class postwar family in a time of austerity and retrenchment, with no one in the family who was in any way artistic or a potential mentor to a budding writer, and yet this is what I became. Graham Swift artisticausteritybud share on social
When anything goes digital, let alone something as immaterial as a book, there is a tendency to see it as just in the air to be taken, and to lose the sense that somebody once made it. Graham Swift airbookdigital Change image and share on social
Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one area of my writing that I think I've got surer at as I've evolved. Graham Swift areabaseelaborate Change image and share on social
I respond to the sound of London being spoken - to the sound of London. Graham Swift londonrespondsound Change image and share on social
In my work you often get an abrupt shift in time, a jolt. But the emotional logic will take the reader on. I hope. I trust. After all, our memories do not work with any sequential logic. Graham Swift abruptemotionalhope Change image and share on social
