Michel Faber

My affinity, as a novelist, with Dickens has been overstated. I relish the way everything in his prose pulsates with life force, and I'm in debt to him every time I invest inanimate objects with uncanny animism. But his female characters annoy me.

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These are some quotes by Dutch author Michel Faber Writer, who was born on April 13, 1960.

Quotes by Michel Faber

I don't remember my childhood very well for one reason or another, possibly childhood trauma or possibly just a very bad memory. My early life has sort of been erased from my memory banks.

Michel Faber

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For years, I was quite a militant atheist. I wanted to burn down all the churches or turn them into second-hand record emporiums.

Michel Faber

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Most books are surplus to the world's requirements, and I am going to sound very conceited here, but I am trying to write books that aren't just using up trees.

Michel Faber

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If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.

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