Names aren't just coathooks, they're coats. They're the first thing anyone knows about you. Nick Harkaway coatcoathooksname Change image and share on social
With true free speech has to come an understanding of when and when not to use it. But you can't legislate that. It must be voluntary - especially in a world where a whisper can reach a million people in an eye blink. Nick Harkaway blinkeyefree share on social
I don't do a lot of research, exactly, but I'm constantly wandering through the world finding things incredible and remembering them. Nick Harkaway constantlyfindincredible Change image and share on social
Victorian theorists competed to identify how many biologically differentiated races lived on Earth and proposed inherent characteristics for them, formulated explanations for these presumed variations in humanity. Nick Harkaway biologicallycharacteristiccompete share on social
Amazon is a corporation, not a philanthropic trust dedicated to the production of works of art and literature. Nick Harkaway amazonartcorporation Change image and share on social
We need to differentiate between commercial piracy - where criminal organisations produce illicit DVDs on a huge scale - and domestic, unauthorised filesharing, which may or may not be detrimental to overall sales. Nick Harkaway commercialcriminaldetrimental share on social
The notion of our leaders as patrician ascetics of unassailable virtue is risible. Nick Harkaway asceticleadernotion Change image and share on social
'Gone-Away World' was a shotgun blast, an explosion out of the box I'd put myself into writing film scripts. 'Tigerman' is shorter, tighter, more crafted. Nick Harkaway blastboxcraft Change image and share on social
The reason steampunk attracts people is that it is premised on a technology which is visible and pleasing to the naked eye, and whose moving parts are comprehensible on a human scale. Nick Harkaway attractcomprehensibleeye Change image and share on social
There is not now, nor I suspect will there ever be, a le Carre novel with ninjas in it. Most serious novelists are wary of including ninjas in their writing. That's a shame, because many much-admired works of modern fiction could benefit from a few. Nick Harkaway admirebenefitcarre share on social
