In 1978, when I was 17 and in my first year at university, I read approximately 3,500 pages of Dickens. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes approximately dicken page
I don't remember my childhood very well for one reason or another, possibly childhood trauma or possibly just a very bad memory. My early life has sort of been erased from my memory banks. Michel Faber badbankchildhood Change image and share on social
For years, I was quite a militant atheist. I wanted to burn down all the churches or turn them into second-hand record emporiums. Michel Faber atheistburnchurch Change image and share on social
Most books are surplus to the world's requirements, and I am going to sound very conceited here, but I am trying to write books that aren't just using up trees. Michel Faber bookconceitedrequirement Change image and share on social
The market is incredibly inefficient and capable on rare occasions of being utterly dysfunctional. And people have a really hard time getting their brain around that fact. They want to believe that it's approximately efficient almost all the time, and it simply isn't true. Jeremy Grantham approximatelybraincapable share on social
There are a lot of Chinese comics, but the Chinese comics tend to be more historical and conservative. Japanese culture, just the comics are amazing. They're like films: very few words; they move so much in these books with hundreds of pages. Ann Nocenti amazebookchinese share on social
'Great Expectations' has been described as 'Dickens's harshest indictment of society.' Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having enough money; about the fever of the getting of money; about having too much money; about the taint of money. Felix Dennis dickenexpectationfever share on social