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Denise Mina Quotes

I’m terrified to get married. I’m not getting married till my gay friends can Picture Quote #1

There are a lot of bottlenecks to getting published. Publishers are only one of them. Having the time is another one. Feeling entitled is another one Picture Quote #1

You have to take your ego out of it and say, do I want people to be obsequious to me or do I want to write good books? If it’s the latter, you have to take criticism. It’s annoying, but that’s how to do good stuff; listen to other people Picture Quote #1

I think the class divide is going to change. I think a lot more working class people are going to get published. It is really class ridden, literature Picture Quote #1

The book I made it big with in the U.S. was my fourth book, ‘Sanctum.’ My novels sell really well both there and in Canada, so once a year I do a promotional tour, visiting a different city every two days, doing book readings and signings Picture Quote #1

I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it’s much easier to do something really good. Especially when readers know what those are. They know what to expect and then you have to wrong-foot them. That is the trick of crime fiction. And readers come to crime and graphic novels wanting to be entertained, or disgusted Picture Quote #1

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There’s always these giant baffling books, like ‘The Da Vinci Code.’ People say it’s not as well written as ‘Midnight’s Children.’ Why aren’t people reading ‘Midnight’s Children?’ Nobody knows why these phenomenons happen but they’re great Picture Quote #1

People are interested in crime fiction when they’re quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries Picture Quote #1

I came from this very traditional background and I benefited hugely from feminism. I felt privileged going to university and doing a PhD. Most people of my background don’t get to do that Picture Quote #1

If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were Picture Quote #1

I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn’t realise political writing could be so funny Picture Quote #1

Even if people do wrong, we’re social animals, so what can we do about stopping them doing the same things in future? Saying people are ‘bad’ or ‘evil’ is just an unwillingness to engage; an unwillingness to try to empathise. That sanctimonious attitude doesn’t help anyone Picture Quote #1

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We don’t really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It’s a cultural thing, so maybe we don’t need to have them to clear the air. Also, traditional family food isn’t as nice here so there’s no payoff for traveling hundreds of miles Picture Quote #1

I’m always represented as a bit of a class warrior - a bit Down With Men and Down With Middle-Class People. Whereas I’m actually very fond of men and am middle-class. I even went to boarding school in Perthshire Picture Quote #1

Novelisation doesn’t imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that Picture Quote #1

None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read Picture Quote #1

Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve Picture Quote #1

Because I write a book a year, I always want to do one other project every year that’s stimulating in a different way. It means you can be working but not using up your prose juice, you know? Picture Quote #1

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In prose, leaps of logic can be made while the protagonist thinks about things and arrives at conclusions. Even with voiceover, there’s no real way of having an inner voice without it taking over the entire story Picture Quote #1

Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when she gets older; she is going to be worried about her brother and sister; she will be making a living while bringing up kids Picture Quote #1

Usually when I’m trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live Picture Quote #1

To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person’s intellect. It becomes your default position Picture Quote #1

Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read my book and liked it Picture Quote #1

I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form Picture Quote #1

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I have two children. They are more fun than anything in the world, and it’s more immediate fun than the hard slog of writing Picture Quote #1

I hate it when I’m reading a comic, and the dialogue looks like stickers stuck on top to explain what’s going on. For me the best is when your eye goes in a certain point and moves through the composition and then springs out on the dialogue, or gets confused in the image and then goes to the dialogue for an explanation Picture Quote #1

I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws Picture Quote #1

I’m terrified to get married. I’m not getting married till my gay friends can Picture Quote #1

A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love Picture Quote #1

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I’m terrified to get married. I’m not getting married till my gay friends can. (Denise Mina Quotes) There are a lot of bottlenecks to getting published. Publishers are only one of them. Having the time is another one. Feeling entitled is another one. (Denise Mina Quotes) You have to take your ego out of it and say, do I want people to be obsequious to me or do I want to write good books? If it’s the latter, you have to take criticism. It’s annoying, but that’s how to do good stuff; listen to other people. (Denise Mina Quotes) I think the class divide is going to change. I think a lot more working class people are going to get published. It is really class ridden, literature. (Denise Mina Quotes) The book I made it big with in the U.S. was my fourth book, ‘Sanctum.’ My novels sell really well both there and in Canada, so once a year I do a promotional tour, visiting a different city every two days, doing book readings and signings. (Denise Mina Quotes) I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it’s much easier to do something really good. Especially when readers know what those are. They know what to expect and then you have to wrong-foot them. That is the trick of crime fiction. And readers come to crime and graphic novels wanting to be entertained, or disgusted (Denise Mina Quotes) There’s always these giant baffling books, like ‘The Da Vinci Code.’ People say it’s not as well written as ‘Midnight’s Children.’ Why aren’t people reading ‘Midnight’s Children?’ Nobody knows why these phenomenons happen but they’re great (Denise Mina Quotes) People are interested in crime fiction when they’re quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries (Denise Mina Quotes) I came from this very traditional background and I benefited hugely from feminism. I felt privileged going to university and doing a PhD. Most people of my background don’t get to do that (Denise Mina Quotes) If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were (Denise Mina Quotes) I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn’t realise political writing could be so funny (Denise Mina Quotes) Even if people do wrong, we’re social animals, so what can we do about stopping them doing the same things in future? Saying people are ‘bad’ or ‘evil’ is just an unwillingness to engage; an unwillingness to try to empathise. That sanctimonious attitude doesn’t help anyone (Denise Mina Quotes) We don’t really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It’s a cultural thing, so maybe we don’t need to have them to clear the air. Also, traditional family food isn’t as nice here so there’s no payoff for traveling hundreds of miles (Denise Mina Quotes) I’m always represented as a bit of a class warrior - a bit Down With Men and Down With Middle-Class People. Whereas I’m actually very fond of men and am middle-class. I even went to boarding school in Perthshire (Denise Mina Quotes) Novelisation doesn’t imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that (Denise Mina Quotes) None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read (Denise Mina Quotes) Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve (Denise Mina Quotes) Because I write a book a year, I always want to do one other project every year that’s stimulating in a different way. It means you can be working but not using up your prose juice, you know? (Denise Mina Quotes) In prose, leaps of logic can be made while the protagonist thinks about things and arrives at conclusions. Even with voiceover, there’s no real way of having an inner voice without it taking over the entire story (Denise Mina Quotes) Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when she gets older; she is going to be worried about her brother and sister; she will be making a living while bringing up kids (Denise Mina Quotes) Usually when I’m trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live (Denise Mina Quotes) To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person’s intellect. It becomes your default position (Denise Mina Quotes) Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read my book and liked it (Denise Mina Quotes) I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form (Denise Mina Quotes) I have two children. They are more fun than anything in the world, and it’s more immediate fun than the hard slog of writing (Denise Mina Quotes) I hate it when I’m reading a comic, and the dialogue looks like stickers stuck on top to explain what’s going on. For me the best is when your eye goes in a certain point and moves through the composition and then springs out on the dialogue, or gets confused in the image and then goes to the dialogue for an explanation (Denise Mina Quotes) I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws (Denise Mina Quotes) I’m terrified to get married. I’m not getting married till my gay friends can (Denise Mina Quotes) A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love (Denise Mina Quotes)