I am not a supporter of Israel's military policy, let alone any kind of Zionist. James Lasdun israelkindmilitary Change image and share on social
The nature of fiction is to make one distrustful of any character who lectures and castigates. James Lasdun castigatecharacterdistrustful Change image and share on social
I got into online trading. It was alarmingly easy to do. I went through the whole cycle of emotions, from supreme self-confidence to total impotence. I broke even in the end. James Lasdun alarminglybreakconfidence Change image and share on social
The short story seems like the best of all possible worlds. I do feel it is closer to writing poetry than to writing a novel, with its requirements of concentration and economy. James Lasdun closeconcentrationeconomy Change image and share on social
There are seldom more than a couple of students in any workshop who seem natural writers. James Lasdun couplenaturalseldom Change image and share on social
I don't think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I'm not overly negative, either. On the whole, most writers think plots through to their consequences, and it's not always a sunny place. I have an occupational temperament for anxiety. James Lasdun anxietycompletelyconsequence share on social
Writers tend to write stories as a kind of holiday between novels, or as preliminary steps towards a novel. Stories just don't often make up a writer's main body of work, and that's not because they don't see the market for it. James Lasdun bodyholidaykind share on social
What the Internet offers is this completely unfiltered transmission of thought to thought, of psyche to psyche, and whatever you're feeling, you can just sort of put it down and send it out there, and you can do it all in the confines of your room, without any actual contact. James Lasdun actualcompletelyconfine share on social
For a long period of history, you were what people said about you, and if your reputation was stained, you were in very serious trouble. People fought duels over this. Then it fades away historically. James Lasdun duelfadefight Change image and share on social
There is something uncannily adaptive about anti-Semitism: the way it can hide, unsuspected, in the most progressive minds. James Lasdun adaptiveantihide Change image and share on social
