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David Mitchell is a British novelist best known for his innovative narrative structures and genre-blending stories. His acclaimed works, such as "Cloud Atlas" and "The Bone Clocks," often explore themes of interconnectedness and time. He continues to captivate readers worldwide with his inventive storytelling and complex characters. Here are 104 of his quotes:

Japanese food makes me feel particularly good.

David Mitchell (author)

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

David Mitchell (author)

I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We can't help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that it's taught writers.

David Mitchell (author)

Perhaps all human interaction is about wanting and getting.

David Mitchell (author)

Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible.

David Mitchell (author)

I think we think in terms of stories.

David Mitchell (author)

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

David Mitchell (author)

I rarely ever put my head above the rampart and see where this big lumbering behemoth called 'global literature' is going.

David Mitchell (author)

I often lose myself in the Sudoku-like challenges of making a book work.

David Mitchell (author)

A novelist needs to know his own strong points and weak points.

David Mitchell (author)

A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.

David Mitchell (author)

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.

David Mitchell (author)

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 (author)

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 (author)

Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.

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Historically, unfortunately, race seems to be the major division that humanity has imposed on itself, a way of subdividing into smaller groups.

David Mitchell (author)

I can write pretty much anywhere.

David Mitchell (author)

I can't bear living in this huge beautiful world and not try to imitate it as best I can.

David Mitchell (author)

In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people, but we're now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals.

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The art of the novelist is not unrelated to the illness of multiple personality disorder. It's a much milder form. But the better the book, the nearer to the padded cell you are.

David Mitchell (author)

The actual past is brittle, ever-dimming + ever more problematic to access + reconstruct: in contrast, the virtual past is malleable, ever-brightening + ever more difficult to circumvent/expose as fraudulent. The present presses the virtual past into its own service, to lend credence to its mythologies + legitimacy to the imposition of will.

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This rapacity, yes, powers, our Progress; for ends infernal or divine I know not. Nor do you know, sir. Nor do I overly care. I feel only gratitude that my Maker cast me on the winning side.

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