67 Quotes by Tibor Fischer

Why is erasing desire seen as so important? If the subjugation of the self is the point of the self what’s the point in having a self? It’s like someone handing you a leaflet which says throw this leaflet away.

Even those with unspendable fortunes only have one mind, one mouth, two ears, two eyes and one pleasure station. There’s only so much fun you can take.

Most books reviews aren’t very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

Like most men, I’m a life support system for a phallus.

As suburbs go, Bromley’s not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do want to get out of there quickly.

I don’t take much notice of reviews now – obviously you’d like to have straight worship but you’re never going to get that.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can’t take a bit of criticism, you shouldn’t bother publishing a book.

I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there’s a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.

Ultimately, it’s about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.