The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's.Jonathan Coe
The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're 18th century novels - is Fielding, Henry Fielding, he's the guy who does it for me.Jonathan Coe
They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash.Jonathan Coe
Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are.Jonathan Coe
You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.Jonathan Coe