“He had started out the way nearly all writers do, and I'd seen it a hundred times--amateurs transformed into gibbering wrecks by actually being published; what once they'd done for fun ruined forever by the burden of expectation, the hope… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“Books are precious things and cannot be selected like tinned peas in Tesco.” — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
If you dwell in the darkness, you can see in the dark and look into the light. But in choosing the darkness, you know… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“Serial Killer Week got off to an inauspicious start when the opening wine and bean evening was invaded by a former prisoner who misinterpreted… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“He had started out the way nearly all writers do, and I'd seen it a hundred times--amateurs transformed into gibbering wrecks by actually being… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“Books are precious things and cannot be selected like tinned peas in Tesco.” — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“Bookselling is like prostitution, you sell your wares, you close your eyes, and you never fall in love with the clients. You also keep… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“They asked me how I would be paying and I told them that if past experience was anything to go by probably with my… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“Coffee is coffee to me, I don't mind what country it comes from, who picks it or under what conditions, and I really don't… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“Also, I have a mornid fear of rates, and mice, and nettles and wasps and jagged cans and rotting food and damp newspapers and… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“He was the type of man women said they hated, they absolutely hated, they absolutely and categorically hated, and then they went to bed… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“Anything with the word 'Tesco' or 'Weight Watchers' on the label should be viewed with some suspicion.” — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“By pressing our faces against the wire we could clearly see, nestling amongst torn bin liners, a red-splashed pot of discarded paint. I immediately… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“I then swept the crumbs into my palm and opened one of the empty drawers and poured them in. I was working on the… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
