I got fed up with the human race, really. I got a very negative feeling about human potentials. And for a while, I thought I might write a book without any human beings in it whatsoever. Michel Faber beingbookfeed Change image and share on social
History proves that most writers get forgotten anyway. That's very likely to happen to my books, and if I'm extremely lucky, maybe one of my books will survive. Michel Faber bookextremelyforget 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
Modern politicians like Cameron dream of exerting paternal influence without being seen as paternalistic, of fostering moral behaviour without being considered moralistic. Michel Faber behaviourcameronconsider Change image and share on social
Of course it's fun writing about an egomaniac, but I know there are going to be reviewers who've never met me, who don't know anything about me, who are going to say this is autobiography: he's just changed the names of a few people, and the rest is totally as it was. Michel Faber autobiographychangeegomaniac share on social
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
One of the things that struck me about the 1870s, which we still haven't nearly addressed, is what to do about the male-female divide. One of the forbidden topics is when men own up to the omnivorousness of their sexual interest and how to square that with being in love with an individual woman. Michel Faber 1870saddressdivide share on social
I would love to have faith. When you take God out of the universe, there is no-one taking care us - we are just parcels of meat, collections of atoms - we have a little flowering on Earth, and then we're gone. Michel Faber atomcarecollection share on social
When we ask bureaucrats to identify who is responsible for fixing anything, they reassure us that there are 'procedures in place.' Michel Faber bureaucratfixidentify Change image and share on social
I joined an Internet community of Victorian scholars, which meant that if I posted a question about 1875's lavender harvest, more than a thousand experts would ponder it. Michel Faber communityexpertharvest Change image and share on social