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Writing, for me, has always been a way of not having a career.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: Always Been Career Having Me Way Writing

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What I've really liked doing is combining what you might call art criticism or music criticism with something that is happening in real life.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: Art Call Combining Criticism Doing Happening Life Liked Might Music Real Real Life Really Something You

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It's funny, because people always say when they meet me, having read me - or they read me, having met me - that they are struck by how the tone is pretty similar, in real life and in the books.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: Always Because Books Funny Having How Life Me Meet Met People Pretty Read Real Real Life Say Similar Struck Tone

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Generally, I'm not anti the novel.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: Anti Generally Novel

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My reading of serious books about serious music is seriously compromised by the way that I can't understand any musical theory. Any mentions of D major or C minor are meaningless to me.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: About Any Books Compromised Major Me Meaningless Minor Music Musical Reading Serious Seriously Theory Understand Way

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I've always had this belief that you want to write about universal truths.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: About Always Belief Had Truths Universal Want Write You

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One of the things I've really come to realise is that the chances of arriving at a universal truth are increased if you remain absolutely faithful to the contingencies of your own experience and the vagaries of your own nature.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: Absolutely Arriving Chances Come Experience Faithful Increased Nature One Of The Things Own Realise Really Remain Things Truth Universal You Your

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Sharing a room with one person is worse than sharing with six, and sharing with six is in some ways worse than sharing with sixty.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: Person Room Sharing Six Sixty Some Than Ways Worse

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The essence of my character is an inability to get used to things. This, in fact, is the one thing I have grown accustomed to: an inability to get used to things.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: Accustomed Character Essence Fact Get Grown In Fact Inability One Thing The One Thing Thing Things Used

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As soon as I hear that there's something to get used to, I know that I won't; I sort of pledge myself to not getting used to it.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: Get Getting Hear Know Myself Pledge Something Soon Sort Used

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: June 5th, 1958

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