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Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: When a book goes well, it abandons me.

When a book goes well, it abandons me. I am the most abandoned writer in the world. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: You stand beneath the arthritic boughs of any

You stand beneath the arthritic boughs of any English oak, and you survey a thousand tales. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I want to live in a city where

I want to live in a city where the future is being mapped out. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Lots of people hate my stuff.

Lots of people hate my stuff. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I never think of the reader. I am

I never think of the reader. I am curious about things; I need to find out, so off I go. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I adore falseness. I don't want you to

I adore falseness. I don't want you to tell me accurately what happened yesterday. I want you to lie about it, to exaggerate, to entertain me. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I'm an atheist - a good old North

I'm an atheist - a good old North Korean-style atheist. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I've got a big, long list of stuff

I've got a big, long list of stuff you're entitled to hate about my books. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Because I'm a walker, natural history is my

Because I'm a walker, natural history is my subject; I've always been obsessed with landscape, and I have an elegiac tone in most of my books. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I don't have any sense of an audience

I don't have any sense of an audience when I'm writing. I don't consider the audience. Because all I'm interested in is the problem on the page. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Humankind has been telling stories forever and will

Humankind has been telling stories forever and will be telling stories forever. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Almost everyone who's been to primary school in

Almost everyone who's been to primary school in Britain has had towels put on their heads to play the shepherds in the nativity play. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: There's solace in the thought that I will

There's solace in the thought that I will never finish missing her. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: We're all blemished. Yet we do love and

We're all blemished. Yet we do love and are loved. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: The problems of the world are not going

The problems of the world are not going to be engaged with and solved in Faversham, they're going to be sorted out in cities like Birmingham. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I know my 17-year-old self would read my

I know my 17-year-old self would read my bourgeois fiction, full of metaphors and rhythmic prose, with a sinking heart. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: There's a convention that books are mirrors of

There's a convention that books are mirrors of the real world, but our fact-obsessed age also wants fiction to be factually based and trustworthy. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I know the money is important, but, actually,

I know the money is important, but, actually, the validation of your career that prizes give is what you really want. But the money is fabulous, too. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is

Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I'd dearly love to write a political book

I'd dearly love to write a political book that changed the hearts and minds of men and women. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I like shaped things. I like shape in

I like shaped things. I like shape in things, and I do overshape things, it's true. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I'm a matter-of-fact, office-hours writer.

I'm a matter-of-fact, office-hours writer. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: And it seems I ought to scatter too.

And it seems I ought to scatter too. Perhaps at once. It's always better to turn your back on the gale than press your face against it. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I offer detailed but mostly invented narratives about

I offer detailed but mostly invented narratives about the provenance of my books. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I should have been kinder when I was

I should have been kinder when I was younger. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: You can't sing baritone when you're a soprano.

You can't sing baritone when you're a soprano. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Part of me feels that I'm letting people

Part of me feels that I'm letting people down by not being as interesting as my books. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Try pitching a story of happiness to your

Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors, and their toes are going to curl up. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: The dead leaves fly. They're cropped and gathered

The dead leaves fly. They're cropped and gathered to the rich barn of the earth. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: English politics is so much more concerned with

English politics is so much more concerned with the proprieties than with defending dogmas. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Secrets are like pregnancies hereabouts. You can hide

Secrets are like pregnancies hereabouts. You can hide them for a while but then they will start screaming. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I have, I must admit, despised the English

I have, I must admit, despised the English countryside for much of my life - despised it and avoided it for its want of danger and adventure. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I liked journalism and thought it was important,

I liked journalism and thought it was important, certainly more important than fiction. I'd probably still be doing it if I hadn't been elbowed out. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I'm not that well-versed in literary theory -

I'm not that well-versed in literary theory - I don't know what it is. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I have in the past acquired a reputation

I have in the past acquired a reputation for concocting non-existent writers and unwritten volumes. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I invent words you think you've heard -

I invent words you think you've heard - spray hopper or swag beetle. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Everyone says I should write a natural history

Everyone says I should write a natural history or landscape book because if I have an area of amateur expertise, it is in those things. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is

I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Writers who want to interfere with adaptations of

Writers who want to interfere with adaptations of their work are basically undemocratic. The book still stands as an entity on its own. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: When I was a youngster, I was brought

When I was a youngster, I was brought up in a very political background on an estate in north London. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I feel the political failings of the U.S.A.

I feel the political failings of the U.S.A. are presidential in length, but the aspirant narrative of the States is millennial in length. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I didn't go to university straight after school.

I didn't go to university straight after school. I went at night. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: These are the stories that we tell ourselves

These are the stories that we tell ourselves and only ourselves, and they are better left unshared. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: As a natural historian, I don't believe in

As a natural historian, I don't believe in the consciousness of rocks or the opinions of rainbows or the convictions of slugs. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Privately, I'm thrilled with what I do, but

Privately, I'm thrilled with what I do, but publicly, I hold it in disdain. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I'm not good at dialogue. I'm not good

I'm not good at dialogue. I'm not good at holding a mirror up at a real world. I'm not good at believable characterisation. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: To ask a novelist to talk about his

To ask a novelist to talk about his novels is like asking somebody to cook about their dancing. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: The mood has changed. It's heavier. We were

The mood has changed. It's heavier. We were liquid; now we're stones. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: There is no remedy for deathor birthexcept to

There is no remedy for death
or birth
except to hug the spaces in between. Live loud. Live wide. Live tall. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable

Retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is bound to deliver as its end product in almost every case. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: The western view of Christ is usually of

The western view of Christ is usually of a stainless being with fair hair who appears to have come from Oslo. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Retiring from writing is not to retire from

Retiring from writing is not to retire from life. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Narrative is so rich; it's given up so

Narrative is so rich; it's given up so much. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I stopped being an engaged journalist and became

I stopped being an engaged journalist and became a disengaged novelist. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: For 'The Gift of Stones,' I spent an

For 'The Gift of Stones,' I spent an afternoon chasing a flock of Canadian geese. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I've never scared anybody in my life.

I've never scared anybody in my life. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I've never finished anything by Dickens.

I've never finished anything by Dickens. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: I'm a very secretive person.

I'm a very secretive person. — Jim Crace

Crace Quotes By Jim Crace: Crushed between the fears of going forward and

Crushed between the fears of going forward and the dread of going back. — Jim Crace