We have a curious relationship with 'funny' in the U.K. We love to laugh, but we also think that making people laugh is just a little bit second-tier, especially in a literary context. Nick Harkaway bitecontextcurious Change image and share on social
Peace is not a state - it is a choice, and you have to remake it every day. It's possible to get a sort of stability, a habit of peace, but it's like an egg balanced, spinning, on its point: lose your momentum, and your equilibrium is gone, too. Nick Harkaway balancechoiceday share on social
I make up names for people all the time - it's part of writing. Very often, the name comes with the character, along with of a sense of who they are and what they do. Nick Harkaway charactermakename Change image and share on social
In a social context, digital technology introduces you to neighbours of the mind - people who are separated by distance, but close to you in thought and interest. Nick Harkaway closecontextdigital Change image and share on social
I am an avid reader of comics, though I came to them late. Nick Harkaway avidcomiclate Change image and share on social
The market, as we're all painfully aware in the aftermath of the banking crisis, can be an idiot. It has no perception of right or wrong, or even sensible or insane. It sees profit. Nick Harkaway aftermathawarebank Change image and share on social
I know that when I talk to my parents and my friends, there's a strong feeling of the world out of control and damaged. Nick Harkaway controldamagefelt Change image and share on social
In abandoning the understanding that things - services, goods, wars, and houses - have costs, we risk becoming infantilised, incapable of making decisions about government or finance, and perhaps above all about the environment, the wellbeing of the planet upon which we depend and which our children will inherit from us. Nick Harkaway abandonchildcost share on social
An enormous amount of a writer's life is performance. I find myself wondering, at the moment, whether I do too much of it. Nick Harkaway amountenormousfind Change image and share on social
Happiness is boundlessly weird. Other people's choices often seem to delight them, where I would run screaming. Nick Harkaway boundlesslychoicedelight Change image and share on social