Author: William Boyd

Quotes

When you experience bereavement at a youngish age, you suddenly realise that life is unjust and unfair, that bad things will happen, and you have to take that on board.

When you experience bereavement at a youngish age, you suddenly realise that life is unjust and unfair, that bad things will happen, and you have to take that on board.

- William Boyd

It's strange; when I was younger and people would ask, 'Where are you from?', I'd say, 'West Africa', which was odd because I'm obviously not African, but it was my home.

It's strange; when I was younger and people would ask, 'Where are you from?', I'd say, 'West Africa', which was odd because I'm obviously not African, but it was my home.

- William Boyd

To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way.

To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way.

- William Boyd

My novels are often about people who are in love or attracted to each other.

My novels are often about people who are in love or attracted to each other.

- William Boyd

In the broad spectrum of the arts, two worlds rarely overlap - the literary world and the world of rock music.

In the broad spectrum of the arts, two worlds rarely overlap - the literary world and the world of rock music.

- William Boyd

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