Ned Beauman Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Just as the best way to judge an adult is by his or her record collection, the best way to judge a pub is by the albums on its jukebox.”

“I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction.”

“I would love to learn how to air kiss non-awkwardly.”

“The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that isn't funny on some level is quite hard.”

“There's never a bad time to put earplugs in. They're the kind of thing you can reject as a bit lame, but somebody told me to do start wearing earplugs and it turned out to be great advice.”

“I don't have a day job, so I read any time of day.”

“I read 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford again every so often.”

“I started my first novel when I was 10, and have produced thousands of pages of juvenilia since.”

“I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.”

“I always save a huge book for a flight, because then you read it at both airports and on the plane and by the time you get home you're a quarter of the way through and it doesn't feel so unmanageable any more.”