“I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.”
“I would like to apologize to the relatives of the fan who gave me 29 books to sign in Odyssey 7, Manchester. I'm a little twitchy towards the end of a day of signing and did not mean to kill and eat him.”
“If only people realized Corbusier is pure nineteenth century, Manchester school utilitarian, and that's why they like him.”
“It shows a mediocre architect at the top of his game [on the Beetham Tower in Manchester]”
“His sadness was almost palpable, like moisture in the air before it rains. Although this was Manchester, it was probably about to rain anyway.”
“I romanticised Mancunian despair, W says. I didn't realise that Mancunian despair is only the desire to leave Manchester”