Sometimes, I seem to be only able to actually move and get going with things on the razor edge of possibly still managing whatever it is I'm supposed to do. I think, secretly, I might even get a buzz out… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
Longhand isn't well suited to my way of writing. I tend to end up with dozens of pages of crossings-out and margin scribbles just… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
I'd love a signed first edition of 'City of Glass' by Paul Auster. My favourite book of all time. — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
“A movement unlocked my attention. I re-focused my eyes, looking past the vodka glass and into the static buzz of the TV. I stayed very still for a few seconds before lowering the glass to the floor, careful not to take my eyes off the screen. There was something distant and alive in the depths of the white noise -… — Steven Hall Copy Share
“But I’m old now and Ward has made himself rich and powerful. He has the resources to ensure that one day he’ll perfect his standardising system and if that happens, instead of a thousand Wards there will be a hundred thousand, a million, a billion. He’ll grow exponentially until there’s nothing and no one else left. Just Ward, Ward, Ward… — Steven Hall Copy Share
“I looked at her and a voice inside me said, we only see starlight because all the stars are bleeding. ” — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
I don't listen to Nirvana plugged anymore. I think there's a whole group of people who have semi-forgotten that Nirvana used electric guitars because… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
“Just tell me i'm not dreaming?" maybe you are," she said. "Probably you are." I don't want to be. Clio, i can't do this on my own." There was a bang. We both jumped, turned towards the Roman bath. A clump of leaves swirled on the surface of the water in a slow spiral. Is there something down there?" Clio… — Steven Hall Copy Share
“It's like they say about soldiers coming back from war. People all around you are dying. Really dying, Eric. You go in for a week's chemotherapy and you're in a ward with people who are really, actually dying, there and then and doing their best to come to terms with it. When the week's up, you go home and you… — Steven Hall Copy Share
The calmer and more well-ordered my desktop is, the more I can convince myself I'm on top of things. — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
Especially in quail hunting, where the hunter is so focused on the bird that it makes everything else blurry. The bottom line in terms… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
