I have notebooks and sketchbooks for ideas. I also have drawers full of envelopes covered in quick outlines, scenes or scraps of dialogue that I don't want to forget. I tend to grab whatever's to hand and just get the… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
“We had to keep explaining things, backtracking and filling gaps. We realised our own conversations had evolved into a kind of shorthand, a tidy, neat little minimalism. Covering the whole canvas in broad obvious brushstrokes for outsiders felt like a… — 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… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
“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… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
“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… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
“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… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
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
