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Geoff Dyer Quotes: "The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere."

The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere.



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

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




Geoff Dyer Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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

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



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it."

Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "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."

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.




Geoff Dyer Quotes: "Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation."

Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff"

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "I guess that as life is speeded up and our capacity for concentration is being nibbled away at by all the obvious things, that leads us actually to be more susceptible to boredom."

I guess that as life is speeded up and our capacity for concentration is being nibbled away at by all the obvious things, that leads us actually to be more susceptible to boredom.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "Never ride a bike with the brakes on. If something is proving too difficult, give up and do something else. Try to live without resort to per­severance."

Never ride a bike with the brakes on. If something is proving too difficult, give up and do something else. Try to live without resort to per­severance.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their jobs."

I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their jobs.




Geoff Dyer Quotes: "I've never really liked L.A., because of its sprawl."

I've never really liked L.A., because of its sprawl.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "It's this thing that's going on all the time - aging. Paul Auster quotes the poet George Opren on growing old: "What a strange thing to happen to a little boy." Which I think is so profound."

It's this thing that's going on all the time - aging. Paul Auster quotes the poet George Opren on growing old: "What a strange thing to happen to a little boy." Which I think is so profound.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "For so long I didn't have any kind of readership at all - I'd get published, but not read - the idea of writing for an audience is so anathema to me, it's never bothered me."

For so long I didn't have any kind of readership at all - I'd get published, but not read - the idea of writing for an audience is so anathema to me, it's never bothered me.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "Each of my book arrives at a form and a style that is appropriate to the subject."

Each of my book arrives at a form and a style that is appropriate to the subject.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "The process of book writing for me is entirely one of trial and error."

The process of book writing for me is entirely one of trial and error.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "There's something about New York. You can get a nice feeling of belonging as a writer here. It's probably the best city on Earth like that. I miss the wisecracking of New York."

There's something about New York. You can get a nice feeling of belonging as a writer here. It's probably the best city on Earth like that. I miss the wisecracking of New York.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "The one thing that you can say about the new Cabinet Donald Trump is putting together. That seems to be one of the coherent themes. They're very, very skeptical about Iran."

The one thing that you can say about the new Cabinet Donald Trump is putting together. That seems to be one of the coherent themes. They're very, very skeptical about Iran.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind. I don't like that style whereby you kind of stitch people up. But the deeper thing is that I just find these people so impressive and admirable."

I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind. I don't like that style whereby you kind of stitch people up. But the deeper thing is that I just find these people so impressive and admirable.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "I like these nonfiction books where everything that is interesting about them is lost in that catch-all description of their "about"-ness."

I like these nonfiction books where everything that is interesting about them is lost in that catch-all description of their "about"-ness.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "Foreign governments are going to be poring through all these Donald Trump tweets looking for - to try and discern what it means for foreign policy."

Foreign governments are going to be poring through all these Donald Trump tweets looking for - to try and discern what it means for foreign policy.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "I don't like my books being defined by their "about"-ness. So now the subtitle has just become a kind of strap-line on the cover."

I don't like my books being defined by their "about"-ness. So now the subtitle has just become a kind of strap-line on the cover.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "Like most writers I spend a lot of my time sort of thinking, "It's such agony, I can't do it.""

Like most writers I spend a lot of my time sort of thinking, "It's such agony, I can't do it."



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "It doesn't require much thought for one to realise that any travel book worthy of the name has to be a departure from the standard idea of the form."

It doesn't require much thought for one to realise that any travel book worthy of the name has to be a departure from the standard idea of the form.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "The person doing the learning is the person writing the book as much as the person reading it."

The person doing the learning is the person writing the book as much as the person reading it.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "I'm incredibly competitive in all sports in a way that is so mystifying to my wife because she grew up playing the violin and piano. I've always been like that."

I'm incredibly competitive in all sports in a way that is so mystifying to my wife because she grew up playing the violin and piano. I've always been like that.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "He was the subject of a little respectful ribbing. But he was, of course, the captain, which meant he had to do lots of the ribbing himself."

He was the subject of a little respectful ribbing. But he was, of course, the captain, which meant he had to do lots of the ribbing himself.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "There was something very American about this ability to dwell constantly in the realm of the improvable superlative."

There was something very American about this ability to dwell constantly in the realm of the improvable superlative.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "You know that feeling when you first arrive in a new city? However tired you are, however shattered by the flight, you are impatient to get out and sample the streets, the life, the action."

You know that feeling when you first arrive in a new city? However tired you are, however shattered by the flight, you are impatient to get out and sample the streets, the life, the action.



Geoff Dyer Quotes: "The discovery in art is often gradual, a process of minor discoveries riddled with uncertainties and the potential for making that which is discovered vanish before your eyes, like a mirage."

The discovery in art is often gradual, a process of minor discoveries riddled with uncertainties and the potential for making that which is discovered vanish before your eyes, like a mirage.