All my books are about one major idea and two or three subsidiary ones. I have thought a lot about music when constructing books, and I like the way in music that themes come back. Sebastian Faulks backbookconstruct Change image and share on social
I don't do interviews at home any more because my wife doesn't like having her taste in interiors put through the mill. And I get annoyed when journalists make snide remarks about the annoyingly pretentious shops in the neighbourhood - because I hate them just as much. Sebastian Faulks annoyannoyinglyhate share on social
Why would a novel - which is all about the inward processes of people's developing feelings and developing relationships - why would you be able to portray that in pictures with as few words as possible, which is what the best films are? Sebastian Faulks developfeelingfilm share on social
I believe your stomach tells you what it wants, and I don't think mine asks for anything that unhealthy. I'm a trained health machine. Sebastian Faulks askhealthmachine Change image and share on social
I believe that love between people is the greatest life-giving force in the world. It's intensely frustrating and inevitably makes a fool of you, but you can't stop going back to it, and it's pretty much the defining experience of a human being. Sebastian Faulks backdefineexperience share on social
I am a romantic, in a literary way, by which I mean the Romantic poets, who thought just because a sensation is fleeting doesn't mean it isn't valuable. If the only criterion of value is whether something lasts, then the whole of human life is a waste of time. Sebastian Faulks criterionfleethuman share on social
I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression. Sebastian Faulks battledepressionmelancholy Change image and share on social
There's no such thing as identity: it's something we have to believe in to make life more tolerable. Sebastian Faulks identitylifemake 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
It is fair to say the New Testament is the most ethically sophisticated of the great scriptures; the proper comparison for the Qur'an is with the Old Testament - against which it holds its own. Sebastian Faulks comparisonethicallyfair Change image and share on social
