Sophie Hannah I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they’re not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought of as writers rather than ghettoised as crime writers, but I love being thought of firmly as a crime writer. – Sophie Hannah Crime Quotes Feel Quotes Firmly Quotes Ghettoised Quotes Lot Quotes Love Quotes Underrated Quotes Writer Quotes Writers Quotes I’m snobby about books that aren’t crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there’s no mystery emerging in the first few pages, I’m like, ‘Gah, this obviously isn’t a proper book. Why would I want to carry on reading it?’ Agatha Christie never wrote books that just started with a dead body, and a ‘Let’s find out who the murderer is’, which is kind of mysterious but not that mysterious. She always started with, ‘How can this thing be happening; isn’t it strange?’
Jim Nantz I try to talk openly from how I feel. People may not agree with it. It may sound foreign to them. That’s an uncomfortable position for some people, to be sentimental, nostalgic – it’s all kind of the same. – Jim Nantz
Angela Duckworth Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is. – Angela Duckworth
Chris Lane All me and my brother knew was sports – music was never something I ever really thought of. – Chris Lane
ArchitectureMa Yansong A shan-shui city is a modern city, a high-density urban situation, but we pay more attention to the environment. We bring waterfalls; we bring in a lot of trees and gardens. We treat architecture as a landscape. – Ma Yansong
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