---
title: "1 Suffer Anxiety Quotes By Geoff Dyer"
description: "1 Suffer Anxiety quotes by Geoff Dyer. Plus more from Geoff Dyer and more Suffer Anxiety sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/geoff-dyer-8822_anxiety_to-be-interested-in-something-is-to-be-i_1640264.jpg"
---

> [To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/to-be-interested-in-something-is-to-be-involved-in-what-is/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/geoff-dyer-8822_anxiety_to-be-interested-in-something-is-to-be-i_1640264.jpg)

## More by Geoff Dyer

> [I think I can recognize when a piece is at a state of completion. I always say to my wife, "Oh yeah, it's roughly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/i-think-i-can-recognize-when-a-piece-is-at-a-state-of-completion-i/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [“I've always liked things I can just trance out to. Because what that means is that you've escaped the chafe of time. Often when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/i-ve-always-liked-things-i-can-just-trance-out-to-because-what-that/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [One of the reasons so many nonfiction books are so boring is because what they've done, very diligently, is fulfill the terms of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/one-of-the-reasons-so-many-nonfiction-books-are-so-boring-is-because/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [I really like the George Clooney of Solaris also filmed by Andrei Tarkovsky, before Steven Soderbergh: that's very obviously sci-fi, and it seems to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/i-really-like-the-george-clooney-of-solaris-also-filmed-by-andrei/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/when-you-are-lonely-writing-can-keep-you-company-it-is-also-a-form-of/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/nine-times-out-of-10-the-most-charming-thing-to-say-in-any-given/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [In foreign countries, when people see what Donald Trump is saying on Twitter since the election and seeing what he's saying in these calls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/in-foreign-countries-when-people-see-what-donald-trump-is-saying-on/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [I would agree on the aging thing. Because, at a certain point, once you start noticing it, it is your subject. And I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/i-would-agree-on-the-aging-thing-because-at-a-certain-point-once-you/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/if-you-help-them-the-crew-create-good-memories-they-ll-forget-all-the/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [“Photographers sometimes take pictures of each other; occasionally they take pictures of each other at work; more usually they take photographs - or versions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/photographers-sometimes-take-pictures-of-each-other-occasionally-they/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it's a choice between writing a book and doing nothing I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/have-more-than-one-idea-on-the-go-at-any-one-time-if-it-s-a-choice/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [“We'd never seen anything as green as these rice paddies. It was not just the paddies themselves: the surrounding vegetation - foliage so dense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/we-d-never-seen-anything-as-green-as-these-rice-paddies-it-was-not/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/i-always-like-to-be-in-the-presence-of-people-who-are-good-at-and/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [“The paradox is that some of the most artistically valuable contemporary photographs are content with being photographs, are not under the same compulsion to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/the-paradox-is-that-some-of-the-most-artistically-valuable/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

> [“So far I’ve only read a page but I like that page a lot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/so-far-i-ve-only-read-a-page-but-i-like-that-page-a-lot/)

[Geoff Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-dyer/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffer-anxiety/geoff-dyer/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Suffer Anxiety Quotes By Geoff Dyer",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Geoff Dyer"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-dyer/to-be-interested-in-something-is-to-be-involved-in-what-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/geoff-dyer-8822_anxiety_to-be-interested-in-something-is-to-be-i_1640264.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/geoff-dyer-8822_anxiety_to-be-interested-in-something-is-to-be-i_1640264.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/geoff-dyer-8822_anxiety_to-be-interested-in-something-is-to-be-i_1640264.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that…” — Geoff Dyer",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffer-anxiety/geoff-dyer/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffer-anxiety/geoff-dyer/",
            "name": "Suffer Anxiety Quotes by Geoff Dyer",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffer-anxiety/geoff-dyer/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/geoff-dyer-8822_anxiety_to-be-interested-in-something-is-to-be-i_1640264.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Suffer Anxiety quotes by Geoff Dyer. Plus more from Geoff Dyer and more Suffer Anxiety sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffer-anxiety/geoff-dyer/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffer-anxiety/geoff-dyer/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Suffer Anxiety",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffer-anxiety/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Geoff Dyer",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffer-anxiety/geoff-dyer/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```