4 Quotes by James Meek

He'd shot and beaten people because he couldn't talk to them.Violence was the only language nobody could understand. There were no translators.

„dacă viața ar fi fost o petrecere, atunci copiii erau petrecerea de după, iar singurul obstacol între tine și asta ar fi fost firea umană, paznicul veșnic de la intrarea într-un club.

Anna woke with the wonderful feeling bad sleepers have when they know they have slept well. As if they have stolen something and got away with it. At these times the memories of what led up to such deep sleep keep their distance for a few seconds and those few seconds are perhaps the only time the world can ever be said to show mercy.

I wrote my first novel, McFarlane Boils The Sea, under the influence of Kelman and Proust, which is like drinking a cocktail of Bowmore and Châteauneuf du Pape.(James Meek in interview with TMO)