On an average day, I spend 12 hours listening to music. Very little writing. — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
History proves that most writers get forgotten anyway. That's very likely to happen to my books, and if I'm extremely lucky, maybe… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
A text may be superbly written, exquisitely subtle, deeply meaningful, but still seem like a luxury extra, something we add to the… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
I think that if you are a serious writer, you are almost obligated to provide the intelligent average reader with something that… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
My affinity, as a novelist, with Dickens has been overstated. I relish the way everything in his prose pulsates with life force,… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
I strive to use references that may still make some kind of sense once our age has passed into history. That robs… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
Of course it's fun writing about an egomaniac, but I know there are going to be reviewers who've never met me, who… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
I think throughout the 20th century, for some reason, serious writers increasingly had contempt for the average reader. You can really see… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
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… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“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… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“Because I must do something while I still can. Each soul is still incalculably precious.” — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“She sings on and on, while the house is discreetly dusted all around her and, in the concealed and subterranean kitchen, a naked duck,… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
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… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
When we ask bureaucrats to identify who is responsible for fixing anything, they reassure us that there are 'procedures in place.' — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“Yes, seven years old she was, when she finally plucked up the courage to ask her mother what Christmas was all about, and Mrs… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
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… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“Isn't Heaven reward enough, without needing to see the damned punished?” — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
