I think we often live at a surface level, and that ends up with us in a lot of difficulty because we just function on assumptions and secondhand knowledge. Samantha Harvey assumptiondifficultyend Change image and share on social
I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for 'The Wilderness' and try to be confident and not overwhelmed by it. Samantha Harvey complimentconfidentdecision Change image and share on social
I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life. Samantha Harvey conceiveinterpretlife Change image and share on social
What I always liked about Socrates was his insistence on questioning things for the sake of reaching some sort of clarity - even if it is only clarity about the gaps in our knowledge. Samantha Harvey claritygapinsistence Change image and share on social
As the U.S., much of Europe, and the U.K. shift toward the political right, the rhetoric grows more insular, defensive, and protective. Samantha Harvey defensiveeuropegrow Change image and share on social
With twenty six letters, you can create anything you like - any person, any world, any place, any emotion. And they are so potent, so powerful, and at the same time, they're marks on the page, and that's all. There's nothing else to them. Samantha Harvey createemotionletter share on social
There are many ways to go about a story. And if you give yourself some formal constraints, it just makes the job so much - maybe 'easier' isn't the right word, but because you know your boundaries, you can just play within those boundaries much more, so it's much more fun to do. Samantha Harvey boundaryconstrainteasy share on social
Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character? Samantha Harvey beliefcharacterexecute share on social
Socrates, after all, could be an intensely annoying man, all the time questioning passers-by until they became exasperated. Samantha Harvey annoyexasperateintensely Change image and share on social
With 'All Is Song,' I tried to construct a very traditional narrative that pulls no tricks. Samantha Harvey constructnarrativepull Change image and share on social
