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Mark Billingham quotes: All writers I know are readers first and foremost, and that's why you become a writer.

All writers I know are readers first and foremost, and that's why you become a writer.

Mark Billingham quotes: Crime fiction has always been what I wanted to read, so when I sat down to write my first book, it was naturally the way that I was going to

Crime fiction has always been what I wanted to read, so when I sat down to write my first book, it was naturally the way that I was going to go.

Mark Billingham quotes: I discovered reading through libraries. I grew up in a house that wasn't brimming with books.

I discovered reading through libraries. I grew up in a house that wasn't brimming with books.

Mark Billingham quotes: More than 100 years after he first appeared, Holmes remains the template for the fictional detective.

More than 100 years after he first appeared, Holmes remains the template for the fictional detective.

Mark Billingham quotes: Crime is the biggest genre in libraries and in bookshops, and it is hugely varied.

Crime is the biggest genre in libraries and in bookshops, and it is hugely varied.

Mark Billingham quotes: A good agent will sometimes need to be a scrapper, and that's the one you want.

A good agent will sometimes need to be a scrapper, and that's the one you want.

Mark Billingham quotes: I've never read an ebook. Print every time.

I've never read an ebook. Print every time.

Mark Billingham quotes: If the weather is nice, I play tennis, which is pretty much the only exercise that I do. I try to do that as much as I can.

If the weather is nice, I play tennis, which is pretty much the only exercise that I do. I try to do that as much as I can.

Mark Billingham quotes: Whenever people ask where I get my sick and twisted ideas from, I reply, 'Just open your eyes.'

Whenever people ask where I get my sick and twisted ideas from, I reply, 'Just open your eyes.'

Mark Billingham quotes: The day a character becomes predictable is the day a writer should think about moving on - because the reader certainly will.

The day a character becomes predictable is the day a writer should think about moving on - because the reader certainly will.

Mark Billingham quotes: London now has its own John Grisham.

London now has its own John Grisham.

Mark Billingham quotes: All you can hope for when you get a book adapted for TV is that you get a good actor and not some muppet off 'EastEnders.'

All you can hope for when you get a book adapted for TV is that you get a good actor and not some muppet off 'EastEnders.'

Mark Billingham quotes: I was never a fan of cozy mysteries of anything set in the countryside, you know.

I was never a fan of cozy mysteries of anything set in the countryside, you know.

Mark Billingham quotes: In the 1970s, there was a trend for all detectives on TV to have some quirk or gimmick, and this was often physical.

In the 1970s, there was a trend for all detectives on TV to have some quirk or gimmick, and this was often physical.

Mark Billingham quotes: I write slowly and get distracted a lot.

I write slowly and get distracted a lot.

Mark Billingham quotes: The fact is that most crime novels contain a good many punchlines. They are just rather darker than the ones you might hear in a comedy club.

The fact is that most crime novels contain a good many punchlines. They are just rather darker than the ones you might hear in a comedy club.

Mark Billingham quotes: I think women tend to write about how violence feels, whereas men tend to write about what violence looks like.

I think women tend to write about how violence feels, whereas men tend to write about what violence looks like.

Mark Billingham quotes: Having worked as both comedian and crime writer, the one thing I know is that both involve the delivery of a performance.

Having worked as both comedian and crime writer, the one thing I know is that both involve the delivery of a performance.

Mark Billingham quotes: I read 'Jaws' and 'The Godfather' back to back one summer when I was 14 and was suddenly aware of how powerful fiction could be.

I read 'Jaws' and 'The Godfather' back to back one summer when I was 14 and was suddenly aware of how powerful fiction could be.

Mark Billingham quotes: I started performing as a stand-up comedian on my own in the mid-1990s.

I started performing as a stand-up comedian on my own in the mid-1990s.

Mark Billingham quotes: I wanted to write at school - to write funny stories which the teacher might ask me to read out to the class. It's all basically about showing off.

I wanted to write at school - to write funny stories which the teacher might ask me to read out to the class. It's all basically about showing off.

Mark Billingham quotes: What I usually do is hoard money - I accumulate as much as possible in the fear of not having enough to pay tax.

What I usually do is hoard money - I accumulate as much as possible in the fear of not having enough to pay tax.

Mark Billingham quotes: Life isn't fair. Fair is somewhere you go to ride the dodgems and win a goldfish. (from Rush of Blood)

Life isn't fair. Fair is somewhere you go to ride the dodgems and win a goldfish. (from Rush of Blood)

Mark Billingham quotes: The problem with being a writer is that some readers tend to think that anything that comes out of a character's mouth is you talking.

The problem with being a writer is that some readers tend to think that anything that comes out of a character's mouth is you talking.