Everyone says I should write a natural history or landscape book because if I have an area of amateur expertise, it is in those things. Jim Crace amateurareabook Change image and share on social
I'm very aware when I share a stage with other writers that I'm much less driven than they are. I don't wake up in the middle of the night, pregnant with paragraphs. I don't suffer for my text twenty-four hours a day. Jim Crace awaredaydrive share on social
The western view of Christ is usually of a stainless being with fair hair who appears to have come from Oslo. Jim Crace appearchristfair Change image and share on social
I have in the past acquired a reputation for concocting non-existent writers and unwritten volumes. Jim Crace acquireconcoctexistent Change image and share on social
I'm not good at dialogue. I'm not good at holding a mirror up at a real world. I'm not good at believable characterisation. Jim Crace believablecharacterisationdialogue Change image and share on social
I'm an atheist - a good old North Korean-style atheist. Jim Crace atheistgoodkorean Change image and share on social
If I talk about my father's funeral, as I did when I was promoting the last novel, 'Being Dead,' I'm not going to tell any lies, but there are certain things I'm not going to tell you, and I'm certainly not going to tell my grief. Jim Crace deadfatherfuneral share on social
When I was a youngster, I was brought up in a very political background on an estate in north London. Jim Crace backgroundbringestate Change image and share on social
My dad didn't have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in 'Harvest,' I wanted my main character to be an innately intelligent man who would have the vocabulary to say whatever he wanted in the same way as lots of working-class people can. Jim Crace characterclassdad share on social
I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous. Jim Crace ageyancientgenerous Change image and share on social