I was disinclined to have the status of a writer. Michel Faber disinclinestatuswriter Change image and share on social
I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself. Michel Faber bookdangerknow Change image and share on social
By recycling pre-existing material, Shakespeare seemed to endorse a view common in his time, which has become even more entrenched in the 400 years since: that all the truly essential stories are already in the bag. Michel Faber bagcommonendorse share on social
I'm constantly listening to music and thinking about it and compiling my own cassettes and CDs in obsessively specific order. I have quite lunatic agendas for what I want to achieve. They won't make sense to anyone other than me, but it is what I've spent most of my life doing. Michel Faber achieveagendacassette share on social
Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and use them as required. Michel Faber fetchpathospoignancy Change image and share on social
One of the things my success as an author has forced me to face is how dysfunctional... Maybe that's a strong word, but how obsessive I am. Michel Faber authordysfunctionalface Change image and share on social
I get increasingly respectful of people who have faith and increasingly creeped out by them. Michel Faber creepedfaithincreasingly Change image and share on social
I think throughout the 20th century, for some reason, serious writers increasingly had contempt for the average reader. You can really see this in the letters of such people as Joyce and Virginia Woolf. Michel Faber 20thaveragecentury share on social
A text may be superbly written, exquisitely subtle, deeply meaningful, but still seem like a luxury extra, something we add to the already well-stocked store of our reading experience. Michel Faber adddeeplyexperience Change image and share on social
