“The Research Excellence Framework is starting to ask what sorts of curiosity our culture can afford, and that scares me even more… — David Mitchell Science Copy Share Image
“No wonder it's all such a fucking mess. I divided up my possible futures, put them into separate accounts, and now they're… — David Mitchell Time Copy Share Image
The rain's innumerable hooves spatter on the streets and roofs. — David Mitchell Rain Copy Share Image
“Let me write about an Icelandic road trip; a running man; backflashes galore; and slowly disclose what it is he’s running from.… — David Mitchell Road trip Copy Share Image
“Disco's are tricky. You look a total wally if you dance too early but after one crucial song tips the disco over,… — David Mitchell Dance Copy Share Image
“Most yarnin's got a bit o' true, some yarnin's got some true, an' a few yarnin's got a lot o' true.” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Finished in a frenzy that reminded me of our last night in Cambridge. Watched my final sunrise. Enjoyed a last cigarette. Didn’t… — David Mitchell Another world Copy Share Image
If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re… — David Mitchell Coffins Copy Share Image
Why does any martyr cooperate with his judases?...We see a game beyond the endgame...As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of… — David Mitchell Doe Copy Share Image
“If we believe that humanity may transcend tooth & claw, if we believe divers races & creeds can share this world as… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I put it to the great man [Hitchcock], the key to fictitious terror is partition or containment: so long as the Bates… — David Mitchell Great man Copy Share Image
“Integrity is a bugger, it really is. Lying can get you into difficulties, but to really wind up in the crappers try… — David Mitchell Humor Copy Share Image
“While the wealthy are no more likely to be born stupid than the poor, a wealthy upbringing compounds stupidity while a hardscrabble… — David Mitchell Children Copy Share Image
Don't bemoan your misspent life quite yet. Forgive me for flaunting my experience, but you have no conception of what a misspent… — David Mitchell Flaunting Copy Share Image
“Listening's reading if you close your eyes. Music's a wood you walk through.” — David Mitchell Close your eyes Copy Share Image
“A time is one’s own, Eva, when oneself and one’s peers take the same things for granted, without thinking about it. Likewise,… — David Mitchell Time Copy Share Image
“Dermot found me; bad news inexorably does. Let me reiterate, bumping into Pope Pius XIII would have surprised me less. In fact,… — David Mitchell Bad news Copy Share Image
'Y' is about the weakest letter of all. 'Y' can't make up its mind if it's a vowel or a consonant, can… — David Mitchell Letters Copy Share Image
“What if the differences between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge?… — David Mitchell Consciousness Copy Share Image
“If ever a place had a karma of damnation, it's Rottnest. And all those slick galleries selling Aboriginal art were eroding away… — David Mitchell Aboriginal Copy Share Image
