In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. Sebastian Faulks 1970sbeginbritish Change image and share on social
What I like in novels that I read and enjoy is interplay of theme: the mystery of how we seem to be so separate as human beings. Sebastian Faulks beingenjoyhuman Change image and share on social
I want to write about serious things, but I want to write about them in a way that makes them accessible to a large number of people - to take them through the argument by dramatizing the circumstances in which these issues are being discussed. Sebastian Faulks accessibleargumentcircumstance share on social
If you have only one life, you can't altogether ignore the question: are you enjoying it? Sebastian Faulks altogetherenjoyignore Change image and share on social
I've found contemporary Britain difficult to write about because it seems to me to have lacked gravity or grandeur. This is some cultural problem which I don't really understand. It simply isn't the same in the United States. Sebastian Faulks britaincontemporarycultural share on social
I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people. Sebastian Faulks bookdealdealing share on social
If I hadn't read all of Jane Austen and DH Lawrence, Tolstoy and Proust, as well as the more fun stuff, I wouldn't know how to break bad news, how to sympathise, how to be a friend or a lover, because I wouldn't have any idea what was going on in anybody else's mind. Sebastian Faulks austenbadbreak share on social
My parents' generation didn't have any understanding of psychology or emotion or individual temperament. In fact, they were slightly embarrassed by all those words. Sebastian Faulks embarrassemotionfact Change image and share on social
Certainly, we all have within us the potential to live in a hugely different way. And how happy you can make yourself, I think, a lot depends on how much you beat yourself up about that; and how much you can, in some sort of providential way, console yourself and say, 'Well, it's all worked out for the best, in the best of all possible worlds.' Sebastian Faulks beatconsoledepend share on social
A romantic is someone who believes that something is valuable even if it doesn't last. And a non-romantic is someone who says that if something doesn't endure, or can't be logically proved and pinned down, it's worthless. Sebastian Faulks believeendurelogically share on social