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. Denise Mina Read Quote
People are interested in crime fiction when they’re quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries. Denise Mina Read Quote
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. Denise Mina Read Quote
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. Denise Mina Read Quote
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. Denise Mina Read Quote
I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy. Denise Mina Read Quote
I hate it when I’m reading a comic, and the dialogue looks like stickers stuck on top to explain what’s going on. For me the best is when your eye goes in a certain point and moves through the composition and then springs out on the dialogue, or gets confused in the image and then goes to the dialogue for an explanation. Denise Mina Read Quote
Because I write a book a year, I always want to do one other project every year that’s stimulating in a different way. It means you can be working but not using up your prose juice, you know? Denise Mina Read Quote
Because I write prose, when I sat down to write a comic, it feels like my brain’s working differently. It actually feels like different bits of my head are springing into action. Denise Mina Read Quote
