Top 87 Quotes by Jim Crace

About Jim Crace

These are some quotes by English author Jim Crace Writer, who was born on March 1, 1946.

I stopped being an engaged journalist and became a disengaged novelist.

I stopped being an engaged journalist and became a disengaged novelist.

Jim Crace

You can't sing baritone when you're a soprano.

You can't sing baritone when you're a soprano.

Jim Crace

In the U.K., a lot of writers won't show up to support activist issues because they figure they're already repairing the world. I don't want to be one of those people.

In the U.K., a lot of writers won't show up to support activist issues because they figure they're already repairing the world. I don't want to be one of those people.

Jim Crace

Humankind has been telling stories forever and will be telling stories forever.

Humankind has been telling stories forever and will be telling stories forever.

Jim Crace

Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them.

Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them.

Jim Crace

I was sick and tired of reading other people's epigraphs. They all seemed to be in ancient Greek, middle French or, when they were translated, they never seemed to relate to the book at hand. Basically, they seemed to be there just to baffle you and to impress you with how smart the writer is.

Jim Crace

I invent words you think you've heard - spray hopper or swag beetle.

I invent words you think you've heard - spray hopper or swag beetle.

Jim Crace

Lots of people hate my stuff.

Lots of people hate my stuff.

Jim Crace

Writers who want to interfere with adaptations of their work are basically undemocratic. The book still stands as an entity on its own.

Writers who want to interfere with adaptations of their work are basically undemocratic. The book still stands as an entity on its own.

Jim Crace

I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous.

I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous.

Jim Crace

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