When the person you love has cancer, they are, in a sense, living on Planet Cancer. They are in a place where you are not. And you can't follow them. Michel Faber cancerfollowlive Change image and share on social
The privileged Victorians who did most to improve the lives of the poor were not ashamed of their pious intent: they were superiors seeking to help inferiors. Michel Faber ashamedimproveinferior Change image and share on social
Art is head space that is very exclusive: it shuts people out; other people cease to exist. Michel Faber artceaseexclusive Change image and share on social
On an average day, I spend 12 hours listening to music. Very little writing. Michel Faber averagedayhour Change image and share on social
I tend to process emotional stuff very, very slowly. Michel Faber emotionalprocessslowly Change image and share on social
I'm still tremendously proud of 'Crimson Petal.' I'm still very emotionally involved with these characters. I still care about them. Michel Faber carecharactercrimson Change image and share on social
I think that if you are a serious writer, you are almost obligated to provide the intelligent average reader with something that they can relate to and care about. If you are writing only for a tiny elite, then that surely should sound alarm bells. Michel Faber alarmaveragebell share on social
All my novels are about people who strive to heal and evolve. Michel Faber evolvehealnovel Change image and share on social
I strive to use references that may still make some kind of sense once our age has passed into history. That robs my writing of a certain connectedness to my time, but potentially might allow it to make sense to people who are not in this time. Michel Faber ageconnectednesshistory share on social
At university, one of my areas of study was Victorian literature, so I decided to see if I could write a novel as carefully planned and constructed as those of George Eliot, but with the narrative energy of Dickens. Michel Faber areacarefullyconstruct share on social
