When a writer tries to copy another writer, it's doomed to fail. — Sophie Hannah Another Copy Share Image
“Too much self-esteem, thought Simon: the real curse of our age.” — Sophie Hannah Self esteem Copy Share Image
“If you ask for a memory and they tell you a story, they're lying” — Sophie Hannah Lying Copy Share Image
“Wall of lies?’ Proust muttered. ‘Is that the one that borders the orchard of obsession that contains the tree of lunacy?” — Sophie Hannah Proust Copy Share Image
If we knew more about psychology, we would be better equipped to deal with other people's psychological damage which they might project… — Sophie Hannah About Copy Share Image
Reading is the only area of my life in which I prefer to be non-autonomous. — Sophie Hannah Area Copy Share Image
“Are men like babies? Is trying to distract them a better tactic than asking them to behave reasonably?” — Sophie Hannah Behavior Copy Share Image
Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging. — Sophie Hannah Because Copy Share Image
A lot of women feel like they should be enjoying motherhood, they should be fulfilled and shouldn't be thinking, 'I wish I… — Sophie Hannah Enjoying Copy Share Image
My father, whose hobby was collecting secondhand cricket books, came back from a book fair one day with a copy of 'The… — Sophie Hannah Back Copy Share Image
I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new… — Sophie Hannah Any Copy Share Image
“That's not me talking, it's your inner voice. I'd attempt the accent, only I don't speak low self-esteem. It's a language I've… — Sophie Hannah Accent Copy Share Image
Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward… — Sophie Hannah Ambitious Copy Share Image
The crimes in my books are committed by people who can't keep it together any more. They do something to express their… — Sophie Hannah Any Copy Share Image
Agatha Christie never wrote books that just started with a dead body, and a 'Let's find out who the murderer is', which… — Sophie Hannah Always Copy Share Image
“Look at us. One bleeding body, one corpse, and a husk who's been half dead for years. No one who took an… — Sophie Hannah Corpse Copy Share Image
“Its weak people who are dangerous, who lash out uncontrollably and hurt you back. Strong people can walk away- no repercussions, you… — Sophie Hannah Strength Copy Share Image
My favourite Friday treat is to drive out of the centre of Cambridge, where we live, and go for a swim at… — Sophie Hannah Barn Copy Share Image
“You know how I feel about Occam’s Razor. The simplest answer isn’t usually the right one. Devious and unlikely is everywhere.’ ‘You… — Sophie Hannah Occam Razor Copy Share Image
With me, even if my life depended on it, I wouldn't be able to cry. Not with somebody there. Because even if… — Sophie Hannah Able Copy Share Image
Some writers, I'm told, look for their characters' surnames in telephone directories. I don't - it seems too obvious. Or too deliberate:… — Sophie Hannah Accident Copy Share Image
“When an author took the time and trouble to choose exactly the right words and arrange them in the right order, there… — Sophie Hannah Books Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the person everyone is afraid of alarming or offending has a slightly less fixed idea about what sort of person they… — Sophie Hannah Offending Copy Share Image
“What they'd got was a fat, balding academic who bandied about the phrase "family annihilation", especially when there were cameras pointed at… — Sophie Hannah Books Copy Share Image
“I’m not convinced that stories from real life have beginnings and ends, as a matter of fact. Approach them from any vantage… — Sophie Hannah Life Copy Share Image
We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless. — Sophie Hannah Anger Copy Share Image
There are very few well-adjusted people in my books. But I do think that's normal. Because everyone does have their issues and… — Sophie Hannah Because Copy Share Image
I love the house we're in, but at the same time, I'm hooked on the romance of house-hunting. — Sophie Hannah Home Copy Share Image
In a crime novel, if you are going to have a big revelation in chapter 30, you have to plant the information… — Sophie Hannah Big Copy Share Image
Poirot is a classic character from fiction, not a MacBook Air; he would not benefit from updates. — Sophie Hannah Air Copy Share Image
If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime… — Sophie Hannah Ask Copy Share Image
In West Yorkshire, I'd have to drive three quarters of an hour to go shopping. — Sophie Hannah Drive Copy Share Image
You can always, and easily, give somebody the gift of hope and faith, even in the midst of despair. — Sophie Hannah Despair Copy Share Image
All through childhood, I wrote verses and mysteries. There is, for me, one connection: structure. My poetry is metrical, rhyming. — Sophie Hannah Childhood Copy Share Image
