I'm fascinated by human agency - by the process of decision, both in the individual and the mass. Nick Harkaway agencydecisionfascinate Change image and share on social
In a novel, even if you put a country in the wrong hemisphere, which I've done, I can always claim it was part of the additional weirdness of the story. Nick Harkaway additionalclaimcountry Change image and share on social
We tend to assume that data is either private or public, either owned by one person or shared by many. In fact there's more to it than that, above and beyond the upsetting reality that private data is now anything but. Nick Harkaway assumedatumfact share on social
The mainstream of literary culture in the U.K. is very averse to writing about technology. Nick Harkaway aversecultureliterary Change image and share on social
All my characters are me, in one way or another. Nick Harkaway character Change image and share on social
I think the reason I wrote screenplays for nearly a decade was because it was my territory. I could stake that out. Nick Harkaway decadereasonscreenplay Change image and share on social
The end doesn't justify anything, because all we ever live with is the means. Nick Harkaway endjustifylive Change image and share on social
The great thing is to have been surrounded by stories all my life. Nick Harkaway greatlifestory Change image and share on social
I want a politics that doesn't need to pretend to be holy or perfect or infallible. I want a politics that gets on with it. Nick Harkaway holyinfallibleperfect Change image and share on social
We lose stories every day because they drift out of use and into the vast limbo of in-copyright, out-of-print books whose ownership is unclear. Nick Harkaway bookcopyrightday Change image and share on social
