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I think it's natural for youth to be drawn to newness: The world is still new for them.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Drawn Natural New Newness Still Them Think World Youth I Think

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I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Ancient Entertainment Form Human Most Story Think I Think

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I can write pretty much anywhere.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Anywhere Much Pretty Write I Can

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When I talk about my artist parents, people imagine a bohemian environment and think, 'Aha, so that's where he gets it from!' But we were as white, straight, and middle-class as the next family on our white, straight, middle-class housing estate.

~David Mitchell

Topics: About Artist Bohemian Environment Estate Family Gets He Housing Imagine Middle-Class Next Our Parents People Straight Talk Think Were Where White

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Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Between Complex Composing Creativity Fresh Like Matter Metaphor More Over Scale Seeing Similarities Sometimes Stumbling Things Think I Think

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Writers are so used to books being optioned and then the movie never happens.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Being Books Happens Movie Never Then Used Writers

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The words 'maybe' and 'perhaps' are literally the same - the flavor is the same, the educational level is the same. But you just know when to use maybe and when to use perhaps. I think it's because of this: You get to know the tastes or musical tastes of words themselves, and this informs your choice, whether you use them or not.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Because Choice Educational Flavor Get Informs Just Know Level Literally Maybe Musical Perhaps Same Tastes Them Themselves Think Use Whether Words You Your I Think

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When I think about it, I'm happily bewildered that people will preorder my books They'll preorder me. What a lucky guy!

~David Mitchell

Topics: About Bewildered Books Guy Happily Lucky Me People Think Will I Think

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I'm from a time and place where bigheadedness was a really savage crime, and you'd get cut down for it by your peers and parents.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Crime Cut Down Get Parents Peers Place Really Savage Time Where You Your

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I'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Ideas Language Philosophical Welcome Were Where

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Novelist

Born: January 12th, 1969

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