Female Role Quotes by Jed Mercurio

When I'm writing, I am just doing what feels right for me.

— Jed Mercurio

'Frankenstein' is a timeless classic. As science advances, it becomes more relevant, not less. Its fantasy moves closer to fact, its horrors closer to…

— Jed Mercurio

I think a lot of police procedurals are very conventional. With the stuff I'm doing, I'm trying to approach the institution of the police…

— Jed Mercurio

Standards in public life have decayed over time... Incompetence is the norm.

— Jed Mercurio

For something like 'Line of Duty' to work, it has to be both plausible and unexpected.

— Jed Mercurio

I like to stay away from writing about good versus evil. I think the world is more complicated.

— Jed Mercurio

In the modern workplace, sexism has adopted a more subtle persona; therefore, people can be accused of sexism where it's far harder to determine…

— Jed Mercurio

If you look at American medical fiction written by doctors, like 'The House of God' by Samuel Shem and 'The Blood of Strangers' by…

— Jed Mercurio

I'm interested in institutions, particularly in the way institutions close ranks. They have hierarchies and their own ethics.

— Jed Mercurio

It's important that the actor doesn't feel like they're working in a vacuum. If the actor is told, 'Oh, it's a secret; just play…

— Jed Mercurio

I'm always thinking about my work, always thinking about where it's taking me.

— Jed Mercurio

The footballer I've admired most in the last ten years is Zinedine Zidane... one of those rare individuals who had the skill but also…

— Jed Mercurio

'Line of Duty' is a social realist drama, so it's set in a world that has the recognisable features of the authentic world we…

— Jed Mercurio

I like to sit at my desk... sometimes I get inspiration when I'm going about my normal day-to-day life.

— Jed Mercurio

So with 'Ascent,' one of the things I wanted to do was not make it too remote from the reader, for it to be…

— Jed Mercurio