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David Mitchell is an English novelist, television writer, and screenwriter.
He has written nine novels, two of which, number9dream (2001) and Cloud Atlas (2004), were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
He has also written articles for several newspapers, most notably for The Guardian, and translated books about autism from Japanese to English.
Mitchell was born in Southport, England, in 1969.
He studied English and American Literature at the University of Kent.
After graduating, he lived in Japan for eight years, where he taught English.
He returned to England in 1999 and published his first novel, Ghostwritten.
Mitchell is known for his complex and interlinked narratives, his lyrical prose style, and his wide-ranging interests.
He is a popular and critically acclaimed author, and his work has been translated into over 30 languages.

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.

David Mitchell

Dreams are shores where the ocean of spirit meets the land of matter. Dreams are beaches where the yet-to-be, the once-were, the will-never-be may walk awhile with the still are.

David Mitchell

If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re ready’.

David Mitchell

...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.

David Mitchell

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

David Mitchell

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

David Mitchell

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

David Mitchell

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

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