I didn't go to university straight after school. I went at night. Jim Crace nightschoolstraight Change image and share on social
I'm not thinking when I'm writing, 'How's this going to read?' Or, 'What percentage of the audience is going to stay with me?' The thing itself is what gives me pleasure. Sometimes stuff just falls onto the page so beautifully and happily that it's deeply satisfying. It's selfish! Jim Crace audiencebeautifullydeeply share on social
Even though my brother and I loved scrumping - we loved the act of climbing trees and grabbing fruit - there was always fear we would be caught. We feared we'd be imprisoned, sent to Australia. Jim Crace actaustraliabrother Change image and share on social
I feel the political failings of the U.S.A. are presidential in length, but the aspirant narrative of the States is millennial in length. Jim Crace aspirantfailingfeel Change image and share on social
Writing careers are short. For every 100 writers, 99 never get published. Of those who do, only one in every hundred gets a career out of it, so I count myself as immensely privileged. Jim Crace careercounthundred Change image and share on social
Because I'm a walker, natural history is my subject; I've always been obsessed with landscape, and I have an elegiac tone in most of my books. Jim Crace bookelegiachave Change image and share on social
While we're having all these debates about how the book is being destroyed by the Kindle, we have to remember that narrative will not be affected at all because it's part of our makeup as a creature on this planet. Jim Crace affectbookcreature share on social
Good old-fashioned, puritanical work guilt is, for me, a better colleague than any Muse. If I reach my weekly word target by Friday afternoon, then the weekend is guilt-free. Jim Crace afternooncolleaguefashion Change image and share on social
I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous. Jim Crace ageyancientgenerous Change image and share on social
