I'm a hardened atheist but I feel that we have an inbuilt need for God. If you eradicate religion, you end up with something terrible in its place, like the communist state, as in Russia or China, where the dictator… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share Image
“The shark's just a shark, right? No one calls it Jaws. It doesn't call itself Jaws. The film is called Jaws, the shark is… — jonathan trigell Copy Share
Social mobility decreased under Labour and under the current government it is reversing. The differences between the poorest and richest are returning to Victorian… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
What I imagined doesn't require anti-gravity beams or anything too spectacular, just advances in analysing different genes, finding out what they can do and… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
I'm a hardened atheist but I feel that we have an inbuilt need for God. If you eradicate religion, you end up with something… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
Holman's world is a worst case scenario but it's healthy to examine extreme possibilities. If the technology that is used for genetic enrichment in… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
You are supposed to look at the unimproved and think about the way that we dismiss so-called 'chavs' and certain immigrant classes that are… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
At the moment we seem to be heading in the opposite direction. However you dress it up, it's pretty obvious who is being affected… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
I come from a privileged background but I worked a lot of winter seasons in the Alps and I've done lots of mundane summer… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
There are very good evolutionary reasons for having religion. From early human history we have evolved a need to see God. We have a… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
I wanted to write a book that imagined where advances in the study of genetics might lead us. Holman was the first character who… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
I do always know where I'm going in my books. I know the endpoint. I've written only two thousand words of my next novel… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
When I start writing for the day, I usually read aloud the chapter I'm working on. It gets me into it and illuminates mistakes.… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
New technologies are a good thing but we must consider how they will impact on us so that, when they become achievable, they aren't… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
I'm slightly pessimistic about human nature, about how close it's possible to bond with those around you. Dying alone is a deep fear for… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
Living in France means I see the UK in snapshots. There is something quite nice about being in exile and the things you remember… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share
