The marvellous thing about Proust - although it must have been a nightmare living in his head - is he forgot nothing. His obsession with detail is extraordinary, the way the sun plays on a room, the smell of the air. He's like Van Gogh, seeing things in a way that no one else has seen them before.
More Quotes by Paterson Joseph
We must have belief in BAME artists and have total trust in their work.
History is a Pandora's box. We've opened it now, we can't pretend stuff doesn't exist.
When I was 14 I was really taciturn - I hardly said a word - but then I auditioned for Shylock. With Shakespeare's words in my mouth I suddenly felt I had a lot to say.
There was nothing around me that would have given me heroes who happened to be Black. And I don't think anybody can understand how that feels, unless you are that person. It's very difficult to understand what it's like to be shut out of a narrative.
I couldn't be happier to have found a home at Dialogue Books for my debut novel 'The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho.'
Comedy and sci-fi are two areas where you can be larger than life, without the charge of overacting.