Storytelling enables us to play out decisions before we make them, to plan routes before we take them, to work out the campaign before we start the war, to rehearse the phrases we're going to use to please or placate our wives and husbands. Jim Crace campaigndecisionenable share on social
I felt that, in some ways, my novels lacked heart because of the distance between me and the subject matter. But no one wants to read a book based on good health, a happy upbringing, a long marriage. Jim Crace basebookdistance Change image and share on social
Good old-fashioned, puritanical work guilt is, for me, a better colleague than any Muse. If I reach my weekly word target by Friday afternoon, then the weekend is guilt-free. Jim Crace afternooncolleaguefashion Change image and 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
The most I have to fear while hiking in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, the two historic British counties closest to my city home in Birmingham, is whether or not the mud awaiting me in the narrow lanes ahead is deep enough to foul my socks. Jim Crace aheadawaitbirmingham share on social
Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them. Jim Crace houseinsidelimitation Change image and 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'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous. Jim Crace ageyancientgenerous Change image and share on social
I'm not thinking when I'm writing, 'How's this going to read?' Or, 'What percentage of the audience is going to stay with me?' The thing itself is what gives me pleasure. Sometimes stuff just falls onto the page so beautifully and happily that it's deeply satisfying. It's selfish! Jim Crace audiencebeautifullydeeply share on social
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
