Scottish - Writer | 1966 -
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
AttitudeFuturePeopleEvilSaying
None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read.
PeopleKnowWantUsGoingSell
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.
ChildrenGreatPeopleReadingNobody
I have had quite a few obsessive fans. They write to me and then they turn up at signings and look really sheepish. If I said 'boo' to them, they would run away. I think they maybe believe I could take over their lives and sort them out. If they saw the state of my kitchen they wouldn't think that.
MeKitchenBelieveThinkLookRun
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.
PeopleMeBookSayWantClever
People are very frightened in publishing at the moment. Nobody knows what sells. More so now because the market's changing so fundamentally because of Kindle and electronic publishing. It's a fundamental shift in the way stories are put out into the world.
MomentPeopleWorldNobodyNowWay
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.
TimeFeelingOnlyPublishedEntitled
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.
ChangePeopleThinkLiteratureClass
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.
CityBookDoingYearCanadaBig
My family were great story-tellers. My mum was one of 12 and they were all fighting to tell stories. You have to tell a good tale or no one is going to listen. You have to make it entertaining and interesting. That's how I learned to tell stories.
FamilyGoodGreatFightingYouTell
There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.
CrimeWittyRealBeingScotland
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.
FunnyLoveWritingStoryPolitical
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Denise Mina quotes