I got to the Ferry Building last Friday
night early enough to snag two seats in the front row to hear Pico Iyer talk
about his new book,
The Man within My
Head, his meditation on Graham Greene, in whose life and writing experiences
Iyer finds deep connection. I’ve never been particularly infatuated with
Greene, but I could listen to Iyer for hours. He writes travel essays, travel
books, general essays, and fiction. His words always invade
my mind (TIME
Magazine said that Graham Greene “invaded our minds.”) Here are some snippets of
Iyer’s talk that resonated with me:
"Our subconscious makes irrational but powerful connections…anything
you can explain isn’t really important...there is no magic in the writing
process, but certainly mystery…we fight against our parents until we find we become
them”
That last one is haunting, for sure.
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