When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen.
I've never really liked L.A., because of its sprawl. - Geoff Dyer
I've never really liked L.A., because of its sprawl.
- Geoff Dyer
I would hope that nothing that I write would ever seem earnest because I subscribe absolutely to Franz Nietzsche's claim when he says, "Ah, earnestne… - Geoff Dyer
I would hope that nothing that I write would ever seem earnest because I subscribe absolutely to Franz Nietzsche's claim when he says, "Ah, earnestne…
The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere. - Geoff Dyer
The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere.
Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels. - Geoff Dyer
Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.
One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at. - Geoff Dyer
One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.
All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge. - Geoff Dyer
All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge.
I want to stress, this is the experience-growing up in a working-class family-that defined me and continues to define me. It's the core of my being. … - Geoff Dyer
I want to stress, this is the experience-growing up in a working-class family-that defined me and continues to define me. It's the core of my being. …
He [Thelonious Monk] played each note as though astonished by the previous one, as though every touch of his fingers on the keyboard was correcting a… - Geoff Dyer
He [Thelonious Monk] played each note as though astonished by the previous one, as though every touch of his fingers on the keyboard was correcting a…
To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf. - Geoff Dyer
To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf.
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