Geoff Dyer On Reading And Writing

“Again to talk about actuarial norms, it really is the case that as you get older you read less fiction. And then by the time you are my age, it’s really quite minimal the amount of fiction that one reads. As I’ve joked before, the next stage along that path is that you only read military history. I’m kind of looking forward to that.”
 — Here’s an enjoyable interview with author Geoff Dyer, whose But Beautiful has a special place in my library. I can still recall certain lines by heart, like this bit from the Lester Young story: “He ate almost nothing, but he still had his preferences when it came to food: Chinese was his favorite, that was the food he didn’t eat most of.” Anyway, read that book and read this interview. I mean, only if you feel like it, I can’t force you to make the most out of life.