Mark Billingham Quotes

I believe that if writers want their readers to care about a character, they have to care themselves. I have to root for a detective who screws up as much as Thorne does, who shares my birthday, my North London stomping ground, and my love of country music, both alt and cheesy.

Mark Billingham

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LoveBirthdayMusicCharacterCare

Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.

John Milius

LearningWritingLanguageCreateHow

If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy.

Robert Reich

PoliticsDoneUpGivePowerlessness

It doesn't really matter to me how people see me.

Michael Imperioli

PeopleMeMatterSeeHowReally

I was a big fan of martial arts movies - Bruce Lee in particular, as cringeworthy as it is. Jean-Claude van Damme was a big inspiration as well - it's a little embarrassing.

Michael Bisping

MoviesInspirationLittleBigArts

Sometimes people have different views on different issues.

Amy Klobuchar

PeopleSometimesDifferentIssues

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father.

Stephen Sondheim

FatherMy OwnSeeDaysOwnMany

Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or 'the people,' constitute the great majority of those affected.

Martin Van Creveld

GreatWarPeopleDesertMajority

I've never lifted a single weight in my life.

Michael Phelps

LifeMy LifeNeverSingleWeight

I need to be playing in the Champions League.

Luis Suarez

ChampionsNeedPlayingLeague

Seeing 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' was an extraordinary experience because it made me realise that all the biblical stories and images I'd ignored as a child had sunk in by osmosis. I saw that my childhood was deeply rooted inside me.

Derek Cianfrance

ExperienceChildhoodChildMeSeeing

I feel I lost my innocence to cancer.

Delta Goodrem

FeelInnocenceLostCancerI Feel

The suburbs are the American dream, right? Living in a nice house, having a good job, a happy family.

Cheryl Hines

FamilyGoodJobAmerican DreamHappy

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