'Ghost City' was actually one of the few instances of non-fiction that I had written, and I felt that I probably said what I wanted. I think it must be different for every author; I haven't done very much of… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
I think, when you are writing non-fiction, you feel there's an obligation to get it absolutely right, so all your factual details have to be, have, you know, to go through a long list of them and tick them. I'm… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
I've actually got quite a good memory. I've good recall. It's often things which other people might not notice. — Ronald Frame Copy Share
As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that. — Ronald Frame Copy Share
What appears on the page comes out of your experience, and no-one is going to see it in quite the same way - so,… — Ronald Frame Copy Share
I can remember somebody once saying to me that they thought my life must be less real than these other people that they were… — Ronald Frame Copy Share
I think if you study people in the street today, you do sometimes feel that they have taken their behavior and their language from… — Ronald Frame Copy Share
“You care for empresses and queens?” I asked him. “No. For tragic heroines.” “Why them?” “Suffering and courageous women who deserve their own immortality.” — Ronald Frame Copy Share
“That’s what friends are for,” Sheba said. “I don’t know what they’re for,” I told her. “So that we don’t get out of our… — Ronald Frame Copy Share
As a little boy, I apparently had a predilection for undoing latch gates, running up pathways and ringing doorbells - and then running off… — Ronald Frame Copy Share
“A woman can only satisfy and fulfil herself, I understood, when she establishes her own authority, and see beyond equality, realising how terrible and… — Ronald Frame Copy Share
'Ghost City' began as a idea. I felt that I hadn't read or heard a great deal about the sort of life that I… — Ronald Frame Copy Share
“Martin suggests, let's see Chartres on the way back. The cathedral with its bleached stone and green roofs is visible across miles of flat… — Ronald Frame Copy Share
When I was younger, when I was at school, I did read a lot of fiction. I think as you get older perhaps you're… — Ronald Frame Copy Share
