Top 87 Quotes by Jim Crace

About Jim Crace

These are some quotes by English author Jim Crace Writer, who was born on March 1, 1946.

Even though my brother and I loved scrumping - we loved the act of climbing trees and grabbing fruit - there was always fear we would be caught. We feared we'd be imprisoned, sent to Australia.

Even though my brother and I loved scrumping - we loved the act of climbing trees and grabbing fruit - there was always fear we would be caught. We feared we'd be imprisoned, sent to Australia.

Jim Crace

I have in the past acquired a reputation for concocting non-existent writers and unwritten volumes.

I have in the past acquired a reputation for concocting non-existent writers and unwritten volumes.

Jim Crace

I'm an atheist - a good old North Korean-style atheist.

I'm an atheist - a good old North Korean-style atheist.

Jim Crace

I like shaped things. I like shape in things, and I do overshape things, it's true.

I like shaped things. I like shape in things, and I do overshape things, it's true.

Jim Crace

I've never scared anybody in my life.

I've never scared anybody in my life.

Jim Crace

Privately, I'm thrilled with what I do, but publicly, I hold it in disdain.

Privately, I'm thrilled with what I do, but publicly, I hold it in disdain.

Jim Crace

I have tested my nerve by reaching a little too closely toward a lengthy alligator on the Gulf Coast and a saucer-sized tarantula in a Houston car park.

I have tested my nerve by reaching a little too closely toward a lengthy alligator on the Gulf Coast and a saucer-sized tarantula in a Houston car park.

Jim Crace

My tongue is what I used instead of my fists because I was a small and cowardly young man. Amusing people with stories and being bizarre with words was my way of getting out of fixes.

My tongue is what I used instead of my fists because I was a small and cowardly young man. Amusing people with stories and being bizarre with words was my way of getting out of fixes.

Jim Crace

After 25 years sitting on my own in a room, I was looking for a more companionable job and wanted to work more collaboratively. I've also been very lucky in my career, with good advances and multibook deals. But there is some extent to which I worried that I was writing for the contract and not for the impulse of the thing itself.

Jim Crace

I've never finished anything by Dickens.

I've never finished anything by Dickens.

Jim Crace

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