Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes dictate fiction heavily
Most of those people who saw themselves as literary types at university became bank managers. Simon Mawer bankliterarymanager Change image and share on social
I find it very easy to be alone. I'm a writer, for heaven's sakes! Simon Mawer easyfindheaven Change image and share on social
I was a boarding school product from the age of eight, and I hated it. Though I do have a theory that boarding school is good training for writers because it's so desperately lacking in privacy: you make space for yourself by having an interior life. Simon Mawer ageboarddesperately share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
Writing novels is largely about endurance and patience. I take a lot of breaks, hit walls, and go do something else while I think things through. But I do it every day, and I try to treat it as a job, something that is not dictated by whimsy or muses. Adam Mansbach breakdaydictate share on social
Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the northern industrial cities had been bombed heavily and we had political disorder before 1948. Gianni Agnelli bombcitycivil share on social