At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
You wouldn't think you could kill an ocean, would you? But we'll do it one day. That's how negligent we are. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
Was it all inevitable, John?" Reeve was pushing his fingers across the floor of the cell, seated on his haunches. I was… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think about that by thinking… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. If I walked into a… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I used to think that: whenever I heard that someone had taken 10 years to write a novel, I'd think it must… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
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… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
In 1991, I won the Chandler Fulbright Prize, which came with $20,000 and the stipulation of spending six months in the U.S. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
When I was in my early 20s and still at uni, I won a short-story competition: £200 was the prize. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
“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… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
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.… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
My mother worked in a school canteen - then worked in the canteen of a chicken factory. Every Friday, the pay packet money would… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a record shop.… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
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… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
“...despite rumors to the contrary, you're on the side of the angels. (...) Whether you like it or not.” — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
Rebus was eating breakfast in the canteen and wishing there was more caffeine in the coffee, or more coffee in the coffee come to… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
