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Mark Billingham Quotes

I used to be something of an obsessive when it came to research. When I first began writing the Thorne novels, I would drive to a set of traffic lights in the early hours of the morning to make sure you could turn left. I thought it was important to get even the most trivial details right.

Mark Billingham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: July 2, 1961

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Morning Research Writing Drive You

My playing is all about feel. I'm completely self taught: I never took any lessons or anything.

Self Feel Never Anything Playing

As a novelist, you deepen your characters as you go, adding layers. As a reporter, you try to peel layers away: observing subjects enough to get beneath the surface, re-questioning a source to find the facts. But these processes aren't so different.

Facts Enough You Find Go Try

I like the way you can circumvent the media gatekeepers and go right to the people. That's my favorite thing about Twitter.

People Media You Go Way Right

I have girls who are concerned about how they look compared to models or what have you. It's my responsibility to teach them that beauty is more than superficial.

Martina McBride

Beauty Responsibility You Look Teach

I was looking at making a shift in my career. I've been so blessed I'd like to be able to give that back. If I could find young artists, young performers I can nurture to have a career I would really like that.

Blessed Looking Back Career Find

I grew up really fast when I moved to England when I was 12 years old.

Fast Old Years Up England Moved

We would change out of costume, then we would read the next days script.

Change Next Out Days Costume Would

Typically, you learn how to cook, but you don't know why. We were looking for a deeper understanding of what was happening to our food as we roasted it, boiled it, grilled it, chopped it, etc. And it turned out, as we began to really say what is cooking, what does it mean to cook, there's a lot of science involved.

Science Food Cooking Looking Learn

Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change course, but not easily swayed from its new path when it does.

Change Path Progress Democracy New

Fellow conservatives, particularly within the Republican Party, typically do a good job arguing against totalitarian, one-size-fits-all approaches to policy. What works for a family in New York City might not work in Jenison, Michigan, or Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Richard Grenell

Work Family Good Job New York City

When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.

Work Success People You Successful

What people are now realizing is that this formula that technology destroys jobs and creates jobs, even if it's basically true, it's too simplistic.

Technology People Now True Even

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