Tiana

“I was a devotee of Bertold Brecht, and I knew that, through a considered process of alienating those around me, I would somehow arrive at a powerful truth.”
― Richard Ayoade, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes

“We talked about theatre, badminton, Yeats and the exhausting logistics of marital betrayal.”
― Richard Ayoade, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes

“I do not know this from experience, but if your profession is considered worthwhile, the question of one's enjoyment is seldom invoked.
'What do you do?'
'I am an orthopaedic surgeon.'
'And do you enjoy it?'
I can't shake the suspicion that the only explanation people can accommodate is that doing something as pointless as 'presenting' must engender an almost overwhelming rush of pleasure; that a life of triviality and inconsequence is the price I must pay for such unimaginable joy.”
― Richard Ayoade, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes

“Donna can’t believe that one person could own all of these clothes. My thoughts turn, as I’m sure do yours, to moth management. Sometimes people ask me what I do, and the correct answer is ‘almost nothing’, but if pressed, I might say that I’m a writer.”
― Richard Ayoade, Ayoade on Top