I've written over 100 short stories. You could say I'm obsessed with short stories. — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
I always have lots of zany ideas for promotional stuff as publication nears. — Nicholas Royle Ideas Copy Share Image
There has been corruption in the Belgian civil service and at government level for decades. The Royal family do what they can… — Nicholas Royle Bad jobs Copy Share Image
The Belgians tend to downplay the cultural divide issue, and the far-right issue, but there's a staggering degree of casual racism in… — Nicholas Royle Belgians Copy Share Image
The short story feels like the most natural length for prose fiction, or certainly for the kind of ideas and situations I… — Nicholas Royle Encounters Copy Share Image
What the short story needs above all is for one of the big publishers to get an equivalent series up and running… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
I have no patience with up-themselves authors who complain about having to trail round a few bookshops signing stock. — Nicholas Royle Books Copy Share Image
I am interested in power and in the idea of one country exerting power over another. The Soviets took this to an… — Nicholas Royle Country Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to write cinematic novels, but I have been told several times that my style is cinematic. — Nicholas Royle Books Copy Share Image
I love experimental writing, when it's good, and good examples are much more likely to be found in the short form. — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
I was interested in the ways that artists responded to totalitarianism - the Czech Jazz Section, Romanian absurdist theatre, Brecht's alienation effect.… — Nicholas Royle Alienation Copy Share Image
The idea that a student can write a sonnet or a novel without having a sound understanding about its history, and where… — Nicholas Royle Books Copy Share Image
I never know exactly where I'm going with a story, whether it's a short story or a novel. If I did I'd… — Nicholas Royle Books Copy Share Image
“The uncanny is not a literary genre. But nor is it a non-literary genre. It overflows the very institution of literature. It… — Nicholas Royle Books Copy Share Image
Who was it recently invented some machine that will enable her to sign a book from 5,000 miles away? Margaret Atwood. Get… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
I only like naturalistic stories. I love short, fantastic stories that cast a spell over the reader, that transport you instantly to… — Nicholas Royle Books Copy Share Image
Increasingly, those who used to teach and write critical or theoretical texts are writing fiction, poetry and so on; and kinds of… — Nicholas Royle Books Copy Share Image
I was particularly drawn to Berlin because of its literal, concrete division. Two halves making a whole, or two entities that were… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
