--- title: "1 Brighton Quotes By Robert Dessaix" description: "1 Brighton quotes by Robert Dessaix. Plus more from Robert Dessaix and more Brighton sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/robert-dessaix-21751_brighton_i-ve-always-had-a-fascination-for-the-st_3076324.png" --- > [I've always had a fascination for the stage which has to do with transfiguration. One moment you are John Smith from East Brighton riding in your cart, and the next moment you are in a completely different world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/i-ve-always-had-a-fascination-for-the-stage-which-has-to-do-with/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/robert-dessaix-21751_brighton_i-ve-always-had-a-fascination-for-the-st_3076324.png) ## Other authors on Brighton - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-james-74889.jpg) Peter James 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brighton/peter-james/) ## More by Robert Dessaix > [Every time you watch a performance in the theatre, you know that this is just for you, and will never be the same again.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/every-time-you-watch-a-performance-in-the-theatre-you-know-that-this/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [I did spend about 5 years in the Griffin Theatre Company in 1978 actually , and worked therefore about 5 years on a voluntary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/i-did-spend-about-5-years-in-the-griffin-theatre-company-in-1978/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [Writers feel that they can't afford to wait. They must do it now, and they are so clever, and there is so much competition.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/writers-feel-that-they-can-t-afford-to-wait-they-must-do-it-now-and/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [I think it is an important question of our lives - what is the meaning of literature to us as humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/i-think-it-is-an-important-question-of-our-lives-what-is-the-meaning/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [A form of art that I like is portraiture. I've been thinking about portraiture, and its relationship to writing and literature, biography and autobiography,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/a-form-of-art-that-i-like-is-portraiture-i-ve-been-thinking-about/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [It is much easier for me to define what makes a novel French or Russian, but defining the characteristics of an Australian novel are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/it-is-much-easier-for-me-to-define-what-makes-a-novel-french-or/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [There is a mental space that we consciously makes our way back to, and give honour to what has formed us in this mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/there-is-a-mental-space-that-we-consciously-makes-our-way-back-to-and/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [I think that a lot of people do have a physical Ithaca, but I don't think that I do and I think that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/i-think-that-a-lot-of-people-do-have-a-physical-ithaca-but-i-don-t/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [Despite the war, and bombings, and all the big things that happen to us, the stuff of our lives is small and always will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/despite-the-war-and-bombings-and-all-the-big-things-that-happen-to-us/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [“...'undertow'. It describes (...) how underneath our own everyday lives - the shopping and squabbles and weeding and trips to the vet - there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/undertow-it-describes-how-underneath-our-own-everyday-lives-the/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [When I re-read the Odyssey, it felt like I was reading PD James or Minette Walters - you feel that you are sharing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/when-i-re-read-the-odyssey-it-felt-like-i-was-reading-pd-james-or/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [“How do you irradiate the humbly trivial - the sneezes and waiting in bus-queues - with the lofty, and at the same time cherish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/how-do-you-irradiate-the-humbly-trivial-the-sneezes-and-waiting-in/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [I think that in this globalised world, the local is going to become more and more important - it is a paradox. You see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/i-think-that-in-this-globalised-world-the-local-is-going-to-become/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [The extraordinarily facile and in literary terms long lived works tend to be about ordinary people. Even Sappho writes about the utterly insignificant .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/the-extraordinarily-facile-and-in-literary-terms-long-lived-works/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) > [One has to choose a word in English. If you want to be eligible for a literary prize you have to designate it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dessaix/one-has-to-choose-a-word-in-english-if-you-want-to-be-eligible-for-a/) [Robert Dessaix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dessaix/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brighton/robert-dessaix/#itemlist", "name": "1 Brighton Quotes By Robert Dessaix", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always had a fascination for the stage which has to do with transfiguration. 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