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Denise Mina quotes: I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form.

I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form.

Denise Mina quotes: It was Lord of the Flies without table manners.

It was Lord of the Flies without table manners.

Denise Mina quotes: To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.

To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.

Denise Mina quotes: Don't go on holiday to Blackpool, it's fucking horrible there.

Don't go on holiday to Blackpool, it's fucking horrible there.

Denise Mina quotes: Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live.

Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live.

Denise Mina quotes: She knew that everything he did was wrong and the fault was hers. He pulled his notebook out of his pocket, stupidly.

She knew that everything he did was wrong and the fault was hers. He pulled his notebook out of his pocket, stupidly.

Denise Mina quotes: I'd read so much right-wing crime fiction where they find the evidence and shoot the bad guy - I thought there must be another approach.

I'd read so much right-wing crime fiction where they find the evidence and shoot the bad guy - I thought there must be another approach.

Denise Mina quotes: January is the despairing heart of the Scottish winter

January is the despairing heart of the Scottish winter

Denise Mina quotes: I love bleak things.

I love bleak things.

Denise Mina quotes: His life had no meaning. It was intolerable. The last three decades had been a hollow waste of time. Hands

His life had no meaning. It was intolerable. The last three decades had been a hollow waste of time. Hands

Denise Mina quotes: If Morrow worked with herself she'd try and sit a few desks away.

If Morrow worked with herself she'd try and sit a few desks away.

Denise Mina quotes: I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.

I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.

Denise Mina quotes: There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.

There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.

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.

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: I want to kick Grandma in the penis,

I want to kick Grandma in the penis,

Denise Mina quotes: It's all chaos and the house is occasionally filthy but I get to stand at the school gates. Writers are so lucky to have that flexibility.

It's all chaos and the house is occasionally filthy but I get to stand at the school gates. Writers are so lucky to have that flexibility.

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.

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: People are interested in crime fiction when they're quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries.

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

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: I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws.

I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws.

Denise Mina quotes: A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love.

A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love.

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.

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: Novelisation doesn't imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that.

Novelisation doesn't imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that.

Denise Mina quotes: I'm terrified to get married. I'm not getting married till my gay friends can.

I'm terrified to get married. I'm not getting married till my gay friends can.

Denise Mina quotes: Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.

Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.

Denise Mina quotes: Journalism is a Darwinian process.

Journalism is a Darwinian process.

Denise Mina quotes: None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read.

None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read.

Denise Mina quotes: In my heart I'm just a lucky waitress.

In my heart I'm just a lucky waitress.

Denise Mina quotes: Ah, the meek. Playing the long game. Sneaky bastards.

Ah, the meek. Playing the long game. Sneaky bastards.