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

The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere.

- 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.

- Geoff Dyer

All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge.

- Geoff Dyer

One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.

- 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…

- 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. …

- 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.

- Geoff Dyer