Even if people do wrong, we're social animals, so what can we do about stopping them doing the same things in future? Saying people are 'bad' or 'evil' is just an unwillingness to engage; an unwillingness to try to empathise.… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
“He stopped at an intersection, panting, rubbing at the twinge in his hamstrings, looking around, though he knew no cars were coming in either… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
Even if people do wrong, we're social animals, so what can we do about stopping them doing the same things in future? Saying people… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
“Bout a month ago. She came in Boxing Day but I put her out. She was begging people, not even tapping, but begging for… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
I just got an honorary degree from Glasgow University, and I had to wear around very painful shoes so that I didn't laugh all… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position. — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
I'd read so much right-wing crime fiction where they find the evidence and shoot the bad guy - I thought there must be another… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
I think the class divide is going to change. I think a lot more working class people are going to get published. It is… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
