Ian Rankin Quotes

I used to think that: whenever I heard that someone had taken 10 years to write a novel, I'd think it must be a big, serious book. Now I think, 'No - it took you one year to write, and nine years to sit around eating Kit Kats.'

Ian Rankin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: April 28, 1960

Topics

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Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

John Greenleaf Whittier

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My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.

Mayer Hawthorne

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I was well known to African Americans before Bill Clinton discovered me. He was like Christopher Columbus riding up on something he didn't understand.

Sister Souljah

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Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation.

Russ Carnahan

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If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.

Mary Frances Berry

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When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't.

Lucian Freud

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I find titles the hardest thing. I was worried that 'Waste Land' was too much of a downer. For me, 'The Crash Reel' confronts what the film is about: it's not just about the reality of a crash, it's about the extremity we all face, and what happens when life crashes on you.

Lucy Walker

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A long-running argument exists over whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. In my view, they certainly do.

Jay Parini

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In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.

Brett Ratner

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The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.

Anson Mount

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I grew up in the U.K. and now reside in the United States, and my family is from Ghana.

Philomena Kwao

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White House leaks of classified information put the lives of U.S. service members, intelligence officers, and civilians at risk. That's why I support a measure passed by the Senate Intelligence Committee to crack down on such leaks.

Peter T. King

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