My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite. Graham Swift absolutelyarchetypalarguably 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
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
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
I respond to the sound of London being spoken - to the sound of London. Graham Swift londonrespondsound Change image and share on social
There is a certain inescapable attachment. If you are born somewhere and circumstances don't take you away from it, then you grow up and remain within it. Graham Swift attachmentbearcircumstance Change image and share on social
The idea of stopping is not unmeaningful to me. I think there might be a time when, in theory at least, you'd say, 'Well I've mostly done what I want to do.' But how could you ever prevent a few years down the line some germ of an idea getting at you and you've got to do it again? Graham Swift germhaveidea share on social
If people read 'Tomorrow' and feel that it is offering them some view of my own household, they would be very, very wrong. Graham Swift feelhouseholdoffer Change image and share on social
