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Writer Quotes by Michel Faber

14 Writer quotes by Michel Faber

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Michel Faber’s fourteen observations on the writer’s art reveal a mind that delights in the unexpected. He talks about narrative daring, character oddities, and the pleasure of subverting expectations, offering a concise yet intriguing peek into his literary playfulness.

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Really good books need a chaos element: something weird or inexplicable.

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I think I have written the things I was put on Earth to write.

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I was disinclined to have the status of a writer.

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All my novels are about people who strive to heal and evolve.

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'The Crimson Petal and the White' is a book, and it will win or lose the trust of each reader when they…

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My energies get used up quite quickly, and the psychic space I'm in when I write is a very lonely one, so…

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Most books are surplus to the world's requirements, and I am going to sound very conceited here, but I am trying to…

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One of the things my success as an author has forced me to face is how dysfunctional... Maybe that's a strong word,…

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I had been attempting novels since I was 14 but always ran out of steam. High hopes, poor craftsmanship.

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Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and…

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I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew…

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“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are…

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I think that if you are a serious writer, you are almost obligated to provide the intelligent average reader with something that…

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Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who…

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One of the things my success as an author has forced me to face is how dysfunctional... Maybe that's a strong word, but how…

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“One of Lucy's admirers took to her, apparently." "Took to her?" echoes William, his own feelings for Sugar causing him to construe the phrase…

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“Because I must do something while I still can. Each soul is still incalculably precious.”

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“She sings on and on, while the house is discreetly dusted all around her and, in the concealed and subterranean kitchen, a naked duck,…

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My energies get used up quite quickly, and the psychic space I'm in when I write is a very lonely one, so I found…

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When we ask bureaucrats to identify who is responsible for fixing anything, they reassure us that there are 'procedures in place.'

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I'm a loner and always have been.

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I tend to process emotional stuff very, very slowly.

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“Yes, seven years old she was, when she finally plucked up the courage to ask her mother what Christmas was all about, and Mrs…

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Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.

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Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to…

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“Isn't Heaven reward enough, without needing to see the damned punished?”

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“Sunlight is bad,' he wheezes. 'It's the exact same stuff as breeds maggots in wounded soldiers' legs. And when there's no war on, it…

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I'm still tremendously proud of 'Crimson Petal.' I'm still very emotionally involved with these characters. I still care about them.

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A text may be superbly written, exquisitely subtle, deeply meaningful, but still seem like a luxury extra, something we add to the already well-stocked…

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