66 Quotes by Damon Galgut

Real obsession needs an unconscious motivation behind it.

Stationery gets me excited because it has an individual character, unlike computers, which may be convenient but are generic and bland.

Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.

I work by hand, with a fountain pen, in bound notebooks I buy in India.

While apartheid was in operation, the set-up was a gift for writers if you were looking for a big theme.

Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.

Traveling is one of few zones of experience where you are not directly plugged into the world around you. You're not part of the society you're passing through.

Writing is very good for household tasks. Because you'd rather fix a dripping tap or paint an old wall - you'd rather do almost anything than sit and write. I have to reach a point of obsession in order to write, and so I find starting a book incredibly difficult.

Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.