Chris Cleave
Chris Cleave
Chris Cleaveis a British writer and journalist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
mean differences two
There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.
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.
two horror little-bee
I was carrying two cargoes. Yes, one of them was horror, but the other one was hope.
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.
soul world fit
I know that the hopes of this whole human world can fit inside one soul.
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.
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.
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.
mean stories alive
Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn around and smile.
little-bee refugee refuge
So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge.