“ Clark Kent gives up his powers just to have sexual intercourse with Lois Lane in a glittery bed. Who’d make such a stupid swap? If you could fly? Deflect nuclear missiles into space? Turn back time by… David Mitchell
“ But,' I ducked the subject, 'don't heaps of artists use pseudonyms?' 'Who?' 'Um . . .' Only Cliff Richard and Sid Vicious came to mind. David Mitchell
“ Brainchild is an odd word. You hear it a lot in explanatory voiceovers and I suppose I was trying to join in, but I don’t really like it. I’m not keen on the idea that my brain could have a child. Wou… David Mitchell
“ Because the script was written referring not to Iraq as it was, but to a fantasy Iraq as Rumsfeld, Rice, and Bush et al. wanted it to be, or dreamt it to be, or were promised by their pet Iraqis-in-ex… David Mitchell
“ Because a man like me has no business with this substance beauty, yet here she is, in these soundproofed chambers of my heart. David Mitchell
“ And don’t knock nepotism, Cheeseman; my well-connected uncles all agree, nepotism made this country what it is today. David Mitchell
“ Adverbs are cholesterol in the veins of prose. Halve your adverbs and your prose pumps twice as well. Pens scratch. Oh, and beware of the verb ‘seem’; it’s a textual mumble. And grade every simile and… David Mitchell
“ A trio of teenagers, dressed like Prostitute Barbie, approached, drift-netting the width of the pavement. David Mitchell
“ A life spent shaping a world I want Jackson to inherit, not one I fear Jackson shall inherit, this strikes me as a life worth the living. David Mitchell
“ A Titus Andronicus catalog of threats beat at the door. They haunt my nightmares still. David Mitchell
“ —Bueno —tanteó Hae-Joo—, ¿qué haces para relajarte?—Jugar al go con el sony —dije.—¿Para relajarte? —replicó incrédulo—. ¿Y quién gana, tú o el sony?—El sony —respondí—. ¿Cómo si no iba a mejorar?—O s… David Mitchell
“ Внизу Бунтаро жует «Принглз» и смотрит фильм, полный киборгов, мотоциклов и сварщиков.Киваю на экран:— Что смотришь?— Проверяю два закона кинематографа.— Какие?— Первый закон гласит: «Любой фильм, наз… David Mitchell
“ With zero fillings, revealed by the so-so joke—Have you heard the news about Schrödinger’s Cat? It died today; wait—it didn’t, did, didn’t, did …; high-volume discourse on who’s the best Bond; on Gilm… David Mitchell
“ We’ll never give up, never stop looking. Always I wonder. Sometimes I envy the weeping parents of the definitely dead you see on TV. Grief is an amputation, but hope is incurable hemophilia: you bleed… David Mitchell
“ There're times when i suspect that the mind has a mind of its own. it shows us pictures. pictures of the past and the might-one-day-be. this mind's mind exerts its own will, too, and has its own voice David Mitchell
“ The newborn; the growing; the strong-willed and pliant; the ailing; the dying; the weak and defiant; over the roof of a painter withdrawn first from the world, then his family, and down into a masterp… David Mitchell
“ Por qué cualquier dominador teme que sus vasallos adquieran conocimiento.No me atreví a pronunciar la palabra insurrección David Mitchell
“ Ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders further violence until the only rights, the only law, are whatever is willed by the most pow… David Mitchell
“ You said you envied your uncritical, unthinking sisters.That's not quite the same as wishing to be one David Mitchell
