“Ambassadors are idiots who possess only one skill: outkowtowing one another at official functions.” — David Mitchell Ambassadors Copy Share Image
Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this--one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume… — David Mitchell Extinction Copy Share Image
Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't that true!… — David Mitchell Balloons Copy Share Image
“Old Father Timothy offers this advice to his younger readers, included for free in the price of this memoir: conduct your life… — David Mitchell Books Copy Share Image
When I talk about my artist parents, people imagine a bohemian environment and think, 'Aha, so that's where he gets it from!'… — David Mitchell About Copy Share Image
Pain is strong, aye - but friends' eyes, more strong." I told him that he knows next to nothing about me &… — David Mitchell Explanation Copy Share Image
“He thinks of the all steps that gathered this party and marvels at the weaverless looms of fortune.” — David Mitchell Chance Copy Share Image
“The heating systems composed works in the style of John Cage.” — David Mitchell Avant garde Copy Share Image
“Oh, once you’ve been initiated into the Elderly, the world doesn’t want you back.” Veronica settled herself in a rattan chair and… — David Mitchell Dialogue Copy Share Image
“Experimentally, silently, I mouth I love you ... No one hears, no one sees, but the tree falls in the forest just… — David Mitchell Feelings-of-love Copy Share Image
Words are what you fight with but what you fight about is whether or not you're afraid of them. — David Mitchell Argument Copy Share Image
“Oh, aging is ruddy unbearable! The I's we were yearn to breathe the world's air again, but can they ever break out… — David Mitchell Aging Copy Share Image
“I made it to Boxing Day because I was too miserable to hang myself. I lie. I made it to Boxing Day… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
So winners, Hae-Joo proposed, are the real losers because they learn nothing? What, then, are losers? Winners? — David Mitchell Loser Copy Share Image
I think it's natural for youth to be drawn to newness: The world is still new for them. — David Mitchell Natural Copy Share Image
“Southly thru shrubby heath we tromped now till we got to wideway. Wideway I'd heard o' from storymen an' here it was,… — David Mitchell Health Copy Share Image
I understand now that boundaries between noise and sound are conventions. All boundaries are conventions, waiting to be transcended. One may transcend… — David Mitchell Boundaries Copy Share Image
As long as you can Houdini your way out of the Sisyphean constraints then originality happens. — David Mitchell Constraints Copy Share Image
“Music leaks out of the Walkman, and a saxophone from long ago circles in the air, so sad it could barely leave… — David Mitchell Long ago Copy Share Image
“What man ain't the honestest cove in his own eyes?" Grote's round face is a bronze moon in the dark. "'Tain't good… — David Mitchell Good intentions Copy Share Image
I got a rejection letter from an editor at HarperCollins, who included a report from his professional reader. This report shredded my… — David Mitchell Books Copy Share Image
“Lavender's my favorite scent, after White-Out and bacon rind. I sat down on the steps, not sure where to go next. A… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
