Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints. — David Mitchell Footprint Copy Share Image
She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like… — David Mitchell Appreciate Copy Share Image
People b'lief the world is built so an tellin em it ain't so caves the roofs on their heads'n'maybe yours. — David Mitchell Caves Copy Share Image
“You underestimate humanity's ability to bring such evil into being.” — David Mitchell Nature of man Copy Share Image
What is "poker"? A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars. — David Mitchell Able Copy Share Image
“Creation unfolds, around us, despite us and through us, at the speed of days and nights, and we like to call it… — David Mitchell Love Copy Share Image
“He lights another match to see if it's a time worth getting up for: 4:05. No. An inbetween hour.” — David Mitchell Hour Copy Share Image
“We din't speak much from then 'cos speakin' can be heard by spyers what you can't spy.” — David Mitchell Speak Copy Share Image
“One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards will be at one's throat all… — David Mitchell Flower Copy Share Image
- This isn't an interrogation or a trail. Your version of the truth is the only thing that matters. -Truth is singular.… — David Mitchell Interrogation Copy Share Image
Oh, diplomacy ... it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to impose its will on… — David Mitchell Diplomacy Copy Share Image
“A society where you’re not allowed to blow your own trumpet is so much more nuanced, sophisticated and interesting than the grim… — David Mitchell Trumpet 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
Ive never had cocaine. I work in showbusiness and no one has ever offered me cocaine. Can you believe that? It makes… — David Mitchell Believe Copy Share Image
“A bird hopped onto the foaming lilac outside. Its throat quivered; notes rose and fell out. As long as it kept singing… — David Mitchell Bird Copy Share Image
I am going to tell you a secret. Everything is about wanting. Everything. Things happen because of people wanting. Watch closely, and… — David Mitchell Mean Copy Share Image
“How about this? Hong Kong had been appropriated by British drug pushers in the 1840s. We wanted Chinese silk, porcelain, and spices.… — David Mitchell China Copy Share Image
“Those were the terms in which my parents, keen for me to grow up well grounded in cynicism, explained things to me.… — David Mitchell Cynicism Copy Share Image
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. Well, Mumsy, no, not really. Your beloved large-print sagas of… — David Mitchell Balls Copy Share Image
“Revolutionary or gimmicky? Shan't know until it's finished, and by then it'll be too late, but it's the first thing I think… — David Mitchell Art Copy Share Image
“Ayrs let long moments fall away. ‘You’re young, Frobisher, you’re rich, you’ve got a brain, and by all accounts you’re not wholly… — David Mitchell Humor Copy Share Image
“Human life, Borges said, is a cascade of possible directions, and we take only one, or we perceive that we take only… — David Mitchell Blank page Copy Share Image
“A writer flirts with schizophrenia, nurtures synesthesia, and embraces obsessive-compulsive disorder. Your art feeds on you, your soul, and, yes, to a… — David Mitchell Art Copy Share Image
“I watched clouds awobbly from the floor ' that kayak. Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies, an' tho' a cloud's shape… — David Mitchell Clouds Copy Share Image
I have always preferred maps to books. They don't answer you back. — David Mitchell Answers Copy Share Image
