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Michel Faber Quotes

I don’t remember my childhood very well for one reason or another, possibly childhood trauma or possibly just a very bad memory. My early life has sort of been erased from my memory banks Picture Quote #1

The privileged Victorians who did most to improve the lives of the poor were not ashamed of their pious intent: they were superiors seeking to help inferiors Picture Quote #1

In 1978, when I was 17 and in my first year at university, I read approximately 3,500 pages of Dickens Picture Quote #1

The family I grew up in was very inflexible and harsh. It left me with the feeling that if you do let somebody down badly, then even if they tell you it’s all right, it cannot be all right Picture Quote #1

When I was a kid, it was thought I would do something in the visual arts because I was always drawing, but when we emigrated to Australia from Holland when I was seven, I learnt the English language, and I fell in love with it Picture Quote #1

The past was dwindling, like something shrinking to a speck in the rear-view mirror, and the future was shining through the windscreen, demanding her full attention Picture Quote #1

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I think throughout the 20th century, for some reason, serious writers increasingly had contempt for the average reader. You can really see this in the letters of such people as Joyce and Virginia Woolf Picture Quote #1

A Christmas Carol’ is an extravagantly symbolic thing - as rich in symbols as Christmas pudding is rich in raisins Picture Quote #1

So many books that have Christian characters but are written by atheists mercilessly pillory and mock and question the motives of people with faith. I’m past all that Picture Quote #1

At university, one of my areas of study was Victorian literature, so I decided to see if I could write a novel as carefully planned and constructed as those of George Eliot, but with the narrative energy of Dickens Picture Quote #1

When the person you love has cancer, they are, in a sense, living on Planet Cancer. They are in a place where you are not. And you can’t follow them Picture Quote #1

Before I was published, I thought men read car manuals or books about football. But once I started having really serious conversations with male lovers of literature, I let go of that prejudice Picture Quote #1

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One of the things that struck me about the 1870s, which we still haven’t nearly addressed, is what to do about the male-female divide. One of the forbidden topics is when men own up to the omnivorousness of their sexual interest and how to square that with being in love with an individual woman Picture Quote #1

I got fed up with the human race, really. I got a very negative feeling about human potentials. And for a while, I thought I might write a book without any human beings in it whatsoever Picture Quote #1

Art is head space that is very exclusive: it shuts people out; other people cease to exist Picture Quote #1

When answering questions over the years about film and TV adaptations of my books, I have always maintained that no movie or TV series could ever change or damage my work Picture Quote #1

Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events Picture Quote #1

Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment Picture Quote #1

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Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them Picture Quote #1

Reassurance is such a sad, mad thing. Deep inside, everyone knows the truth Picture Quote #1

History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women Picture Quote #1

I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed Picture Quote #1

Let’s not be coy: you were hoping that I would satisfy all the desires you’re too shy to name, or at least show you a good time. Now you hesitate, still holding on to me, but tempted to let me go Picture Quote #1

Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty Picture Quote #1

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The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that’s always been there, and the next minute it’s just a memory Picture Quote #1

A single day spent doing things which fail to nourish the soul is a day stolen, mutilated, and discarded in the gutter of destiny Picture Quote #1

Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I’m certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusions about the creative process. But at the same time, I think it’s juvenile and arrogant when literary writers compulsively remind their readers that the characters aren’t real. People know that already. The challenge is to make an intelligent reader suspend disbelief, to seduce them into the reality of a narrative Picture Quote #1

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I don’t remember my childhood very well for one reason or another, possibly childhood trauma or possibly just a very bad memory. My early life has sort of been erased from my memory banks. (Michel Faber Quotes) The privileged Victorians who did most to improve the lives of the poor were not ashamed of their pious intent: they were superiors seeking to help inferiors. (Michel Faber Quotes) In 1978, when I was 17 and in my first year at university, I read approximately 3,500 pages of Dickens. (Michel Faber Quotes) The family I grew up in was very inflexible and harsh. It left me with the feeling that if you do let somebody down badly, then even if they tell you it’s all right, it cannot be all right. (Michel Faber Quotes) When I was a kid, it was thought I would do something in the visual arts because I was always drawing, but when we emigrated to Australia from Holland when I was seven, I learnt the English language, and I fell in love with it. (Michel Faber Quotes) The past was dwindling, like something shrinking to a speck in the rear-view mirror, and the future was shining through the windscreen, demanding her full attention. (Michel Faber Quotes) I think throughout the 20th century, for some reason, serious writers increasingly had contempt for the average reader. You can really see this in the letters of such people as Joyce and Virginia Woolf. (Michel Faber Quotes) A Christmas Carol’ is an extravagantly symbolic thing - as rich in symbols as Christmas pudding is rich in raisins. (Michel Faber Quotes) So many books that have Christian characters but are written by atheists mercilessly pillory and mock and question the motives of people with faith. I’m past all that. (Michel Faber Quotes) At university, one of my areas of study was Victorian literature, so I decided to see if I could write a novel as carefully planned and constructed as those of George Eliot, but with the narrative energy of Dickens. (Michel Faber Quotes) When the person you love has cancer, they are, in a sense, living on Planet Cancer. They are in a place where you are not. And you can’t follow them. (Michel Faber Quotes) Before I was published, I thought men read car manuals or books about football. But once I started having really serious conversations with male lovers of literature, I let go of that prejudice. (Michel Faber Quotes) One of the things that struck me about the 1870s, which we still haven’t nearly addressed, is what to do about the male-female divide. One of the forbidden topics is when men own up to the omnivorousness of their sexual interest and how to square that with being in love with an individual woman. (Michel Faber Quotes) I got fed up with the human race, really. I got a very negative feeling about human potentials. And for a while, I thought I might write a book without any human beings in it whatsoever. (Michel Faber Quotes) Art is head space that is very exclusive: it shuts people out; other people cease to exist (Michel Faber Quotes) When answering questions over the years about film and TV adaptations of my books, I have always maintained that no movie or TV series could ever change or damage my work. (Michel Faber Quotes) Nowadays, her life is more like a newspaper: aimless, up-to-date and full of meaningless events (Michel Faber Quotes) Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment (Michel Faber Quotes) Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them (Michel Faber Quotes) Reassurance is such a sad, mad thing. Deep inside, everyone knows the truth (Michel Faber Quotes) History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women (Michel Faber Quotes) I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed (Michel Faber Quotes) Let’s not be coy: you were hoping that I would satisfy all the desires you’re too shy to name, or at least show you a good time. Now you hesitate, still holding on to me, but tempted to let me go (Michel Faber Quotes) Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty (Michel Faber Quotes) The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that’s always been there, and the next minute it’s just a memory (Michel Faber Quotes) A single day spent doing things which fail to nourish the soul is a day stolen, mutilated, and discarded in the gutter of destiny (Michel Faber Quotes) Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I’m certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusions about the creative process. But at the same time, I think it’s juvenile and arrogant when literary writers compulsively remind their readers that the characters aren’t real. People know that already. The challenge is to make an intelligent reader suspend disbelief, to seduce them into the reality of a narrative (Michel Faber Quotes)