I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their jobs.
Geoff DyerQuite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.
Geoff DyerGetting too much money too soon can be really bad. There's a balance to be kept - the right balance between new experience and a certain stability in one's life. I'm conscious of all these things in a way that, earlier on, I was only conscious of circumstantial stuff, like, money.
Geoff DyerI really like the George Clooney of Solaris also filmed by Andrei Tarkovsky, before Steven Soderbergh: that's very obviously sci-fi, and it seems to me a great film. But whatever pigeon-hole you put Stalker into you would both be increasing the risk of disappointing people and diminishing the film.
Geoff Dyer