Chris Cleave
Chris Cleave
Chris Cleaveis a British writer and journalist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
beautiful thinking stronger
I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.
ears whispering world
In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center.
people wonder easy
People wonder how they are ever going to change their lives, but really it is frighteningly easy.
men faces your-face
If your face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man.
wreckage built
I am a woman built upon the wreckage of myself.
soul world fit
I know that the hopes of this whole human world can fit inside one soul.
mean differences two
There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.
fun thinking psychology
Studying psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story.
athlete thinking two
I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.
people decision
I'm really interested in people's decisions.
hate anger writing
The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don't always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn't have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I'm interested in the exceptions.
mean thinking people
We're often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don't stop to think about what it means.
not-happy
I'm not happy with just repeating myself.
character athlete decision
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.