Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the coming night. Simon Van Booy backcomeday Change image and share on social
I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson. Simon Van Booy abrahamamericancoltrane Change image and share on social
I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper. Simon Van Booy paperpenscribble Change image and share on social
If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy. Simon Van Booy badenemyescape Change image and share on social
The most frustrating part of trying to direct everything is not that it alienates you from people who genuinely want to help, but that it's actually impossible. Simon Van Booy alienatedirectfrustrate Change image and share on social
Everything that we love will, at some point, be taken away from us. If I think about everyone I love eventually being taken away from me by death, or simply by getting lost from each other in the world, it makes me value them much more now. Simon Van Booy deatheventuallylose share on social
As a single parent, I had become tyrannical in order to survive, and anything I couldn't control caused me enormous anxiety. As a naturally untidy, disorganised man who never made lists or kept receipts, morphing into someone who could take care of a toddler on his own may have caused me to overcompensate a little. Simon Van Booy anxietycarecause share on social
I was living in a large apartment with no furniture, just a typewriter, and because I had nothing else to do with my time, it made me take my writing seriously. Simon Van Booy apartmentfurniturelarge Change image and share on social
There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying nothing at all. Simon Van Booy expressfaillanguage Change image and share on social