Isn't Heaven reward enough, without needing to see the…

One of the things my success as an author has forced me to face is how dysfunctional... Maybe that's a strong word, but how…

— Michel Faber

“One of Lucy's admirers took to her, apparently." "Took to her?" echoes William, his own feelings for Sugar causing him to construe the phrase…

— Michel Faber

“Because I must do something while I still can. Each soul is still incalculably precious.”

— Michel Faber

“She sings on and on, while the house is discreetly dusted all around her and, in the concealed and subterranean kitchen, a naked duck,…

— Michel Faber

My energies get used up quite quickly, and the psychic space I'm in when I write is a very lonely one, so I found…

— Michel Faber

When we ask bureaucrats to identify who is responsible for fixing anything, they reassure us that there are 'procedures in place.'

— Michel Faber

I'm a loner and always have been.

— Michel Faber

I tend to process emotional stuff very, very slowly.

— Michel Faber

“Yes, seven years old she was, when she finally plucked up the courage to ask her mother what Christmas was all about, and Mrs…

— Michel Faber

Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.

— Michel Faber

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…

— Michel Faber

“Sunlight is bad,' he wheezes. 'It's the exact same stuff as breeds maggots in wounded soldiers' legs. And when there's no war on, it…

— Michel Faber

I'm still tremendously proud of 'Crimson Petal.' I'm still very emotionally involved with these characters. I still care about them.

— Michel Faber

A text may be superbly written, exquisitely subtle, deeply meaningful, but still seem like a luxury extra, something we add to the already well-stocked…

— Michel Faber

For years, I was quite a militant atheist. I wanted to burn down all the churches or turn them into second-hand record emporiums.

— Michel Faber