In terms of pure volume, I probably read more psychological mystery and historical true crime than anything else. — Tana French Copy Share Image
The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer,… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I reread a lot. I must have read 'The Once and Future King,' 'Watership Down' and Mary Renault's 'Theseus' books at least… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I came from a house full of books, so I took reading for granted. I was an outdoorsy little kid, too, so… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I like books like 'The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher,' where the investigation of a crime becomes a way into an exploration of… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“In my book, the media are a necessary evil: they live off the animal inside us, they bait the front pages with… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I've always seen places as being very deeply connected to the experience that people have in those places. I think that probably… — Tana French Copy Share Image
It's OK to screw up. For me, this was the big revelation when I was writing my first book, 'In the Woods':… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I thought I could never write a proper book; I'd never done it before. But I thought I could write a sequence.… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I always have, but in those two years I gorged myself on books with a voluptuous, almost erotic… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I read one book where the characters never said anything; instead, they spent all their time grunting and bleating and hissing and… — Tana French Copy Share Image
If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that… — Tana French Copy Share Image
It took my breath away, that evening. If you've ever dreamed that you walked into your best-loved book or film or TV… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“If you’ve ever dreamed that you walked into your best-loved book or film or TV program, then maybe you’ve got some idea… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“I know this is one of the unthinkable taboos of our society, but I had discovered in myself a talent for a… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“...the solitude was intoxicating. On my first night there I lay on my back on the sticky carpet for hours, in the murky orange… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“I remember this country back when I was growing up. We went to church, we ate family suppers around the table, and it would… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“That house shimmered in my mind like some fairy fort that appeared for one day in a lifetime, tantalizing and charged, with those four… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“It would take a while to occur to him that my rules had sweet fuck-all in common with his.” — Tana French Copy Share Image
I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day. — Tana French Copy Share Image
“…out here in the real world, my man, you would be amazed how seldom murder has to break into people’s lives. Ninety-nine times out… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“Before I could get my bearings he was on top of me and shoving my face down into the dirt. He was bigger and… — Tana French Copy Share Image
We think of mortality so little these days... I thought of the stern Victorian determination to keep death in mind, the uncompromising tombstones. Remember,… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I always have, but in those two years I gorged myself on books with a voluptuous, almost erotic gluttony. I… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“For ten years Dublin’s been changing faster than our minds can handle. The economic boom has given us too many people with helicopters and… — Tana French Copy Share Image
When we can't see a pattern, we fit pieces together until one takes shape, because we have to. — Tana French Copy Share Image
“Stephen shrugged. “Yeah. Well. I said I would.” “Ah. Are we having issues?” “This feels sleazy.” “I promise I’ll respect you in the morning.” — Tana French Copy Share Image
