--- title: "1 Like John Quotes By Ian Rankin" description: "1 Like John quotes by Ian Rankin. Plus more from Ian Rankin and more Like John sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/ian-rankin-7748_music_as-time-s-gone-on-i-ve-probably-become-a_1695714.jpg" --- > [“As time’s gone on, I’ve probably become a lot more like him (John Rebus): I drink at his bar and I like to be one on one with my music late at night.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/as-time-s-gone-on-i-ve-probably-become-a-lot-more-like-him-john-rebus/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/ian-rankin-7748_music_as-time-s-gone-on-i-ve-probably-become-a_1695714.jpg) ## More by Ian Rankin > [You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're going to be a critical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/you-need-a-great-idea-but-then-you-ve-got-to-carry-it-through-if-you/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [In 1991, I won the Chandler Fulbright Prize, which came with $20,000 and the stipulation of spending six months in the U.S.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/in-1991-i-won-the-chandler-fulbright-prize-which-came-with-20-000-and/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [When I was in my early 20s and still at uni, I won a short-story competition: £200 was the prize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/when-i-was-in-my-early-20s-and-still-at-uni-i-won-a-short-story/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [“Down Where the Drunkards Roll.” “How”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/down-where-the-drunkards-roll-how/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [“1446, that's when the foundations were laid. It took forty years to complete." "Sounds like some builders I know," Rebus said. "Can't you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/1446-that-s-when-the-foundations-were-laid-it-took-forty-years-to/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [When I'm writing, I won't know whodunnit until maybe two thirds of the way through. Until then, I know as little as my detective.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/when-i-m-writing-i-won-t-know-whodunnit-until-maybe-two-thirds-of-the/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [“went to take a look at it. A plaque”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/went-to-take-a-look-at-it-a-plaque/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [My mother worked in a school canteen - then worked in the canteen of a chicken factory. Every Friday, the pay packet money would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/my-mother-worked-in-a-school-canteen-then-worked-in-the-canteen-of-a/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a record shop.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/i-am-of-course-a-frustrated-rock-star-i-d-much-rather-be-a-rock-star/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [I don't want the books to become PR exercises for the police; I want to have the freedom to write about cops who cross…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/i-don-t-want-the-books-to-become-pr-exercises-for-the-police-i-want/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [“...despite rumors to the contrary, you're on the side of the angels. (...) Whether you like it or not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/despite-rumors-to-the-contrary-you-re-on-the-side-of-the-angels/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [Rebus was eating breakfast in the canteen and wishing there was more caffeine in the coffee, or more coffee in the coffee come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/rebus-was-eating-breakfast-in-the-canteen-and-wishing-there-was-more/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [I would have loved to have been a rock n' roll star. But none of us was musical, and none of us had any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/i-would-have-loved-to-have-been-a-rock-n-roll-star-but-none-of-us-was/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [I don't hang out with cops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/i-don-t-hang-out-with-cops/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) > [ \[About a tiresome colleague\]: He could bore for Scotland. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/about-a-tiresome-colleague-he-could-bore-for-scotland/) [Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-john/ian-rankin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like John Quotes By Ian Rankin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As time’s gone on, I’ve probably become a lot more like him (John Rebus): I drink at his bar and I like to be one on one with my music late at night.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian Rankin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/as-time-s-gone-on-i-ve-probably-become-a-lot-more-like-him-john-rebus/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/ian-rankin-7748_music_as-time-s-gone-on-i-ve-probably-become-a_1695714.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/ian-rankin-7748_music_as-time-s-gone-on-i-ve-probably-become-a_1695714.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/ian-rankin-7748_music_as-time-s-gone-on-i-ve-probably-become-a_1695714.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As time’s gone on, I’ve probably become a lot more like him (John Rebus): I drink at his bar and I like to…” — Ian Rankin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-john/ian-rankin/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-john/ian-rankin/", "name": "Like John Quotes by Ian Rankin", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-john/ian-rankin/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/ian-rankin-7748_music_as-time-s-gone-on-i-ve-probably-become-a_1695714.jpg" }, "description": "1 Like John quotes by Ian Rankin. 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