Author: Geoff Dyer

Quotes

I do understand my limitations as a fiction writer, which is why my novels are always going to be close to home.

I do understand my limitations as a fiction writer, which is why my novels are always going to be close to home.

- Geoff Dyer

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

In history books, or the one about the guy who cut his hand off to get out of a canyon in Utah, you really want them to be accurate. But my stuff is such small beer by comparison.

In history books, or the one about the guy who cut his hand off to get out of a canyon in Utah, you really want them to be accurate. But my stuff is such small beer by comparison.

- Geoff Dyer

I love festivals, period.

I love festivals, period.

- Geoff Dyer

Despite what Wordsworth says about thoughts that 'lie too deep for tears', I think tears are a pretty reliable indication of being in the grips of a profound experience.

Despite what Wordsworth says about thoughts that 'lie too deep for tears', I think tears are a pretty reliable indication of being in the grips of a profound experience.

- Geoff Dyer

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