Maybe I'm perverse, but the question of "rooting" for a character, or setting out to write a character for whom other people will root, has never had anything to do with why I read or write fiction. As long as… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
I am not a supporter of Israel's military policy, let alone any kind of Zionist. — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
“She waded into the water, splashing it on her waist and shoulders before kicking herself free of the ground and plunging in. She swam… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me. — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
The short story seems like the best of all possible worlds. I do feel it is closer to writing poetry than to writing a… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
“People are always in various stages of different dramas when you encounter them: freshly embarked on some, halfway or more through others. One is… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
To me sympathy for a character has little to do with how morally upstanding or wicked they are. All that really matters for me… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
“...for a moment he seemed to see himself as if in a dreamlike film, surrounded by kindred spirits at the warm center of some… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
There are seldom more than a couple of students in any workshop who seem natural writers. — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
I don't think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I'm not overly negative, either. On the… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
For a long period of history, you were what people said about you, and if your reputation was stained, you were in very serious… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
I got into online trading. It was alarmingly easy to do. I went through the whole cycle of emotions, from supreme self-confidence to total… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
The nature of fiction is to make one distrustful of any character who lectures and castigates. — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
