Quotes by : Geoff Dyer

In his book Real Presences, George Steiner asks us to "imagine a society in which all talk about the....

I'm incredibly competitive in all sports in a way that is so mystifying to my wife because she grew up....

Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.

It doesn't require much thought for one to realise that any travel book worthy of the name has to be....

In the cramped confines of the toilet I had trouble getting out of my wet trousers, which clung to my....

I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their....

People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification,....

It occurred to Jeff that he had entered the vague phase of his life. He had a vague idea of things, a....

The perfect life, the perfect lie, I realised after Christmas, is one which prevents you from doing that....

There was something very American about this ability to dwell constantly in the realm of the improvable....