United Kingdom, Novelist January 12, 1969
David Stephen Mitchell is an English novelist. He has published seven novels, two of which, number9dream (2001) and Cloud Atlas (2004), were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
The state of childhood resonates with life inside a fantasy novel. If you have no control over how you spend large chunks of your day, or are at the mercy of flawed giant beings, then the desire to bend the laws of the world by magic is strong and deep.
I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.
I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment.
I can't bear living in this huge beautiful world and not try to imitate it as best I can.
For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed.
Authorization is only required to store your personal settings and favorites.
Log in with:
Use this code for embedding the Quote anywhere
