David Storey

“I write out of a sense of outrage. I’m not a political writer. I write out of a sense of moral and social outrage.”

“Art is a form of nourishment (of the soul, the spirit, the mind). It is a way of paying attention, of making an object of contemplation.”

“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.”

“A family is a collection of people who are related to each other, but who don’t necessarily get on.”

“Sport is a sort of warfare.”

“You don't choose your material; your material chooses you.”

“All art is a form of autobiography.”

“The past is not a foreign country. It is a part of us.”

“Life is a process of being perceived.”

“I think the theatre is a place where you can be honest.”