“Prejudices are comforting: everyone should make sure to cultivate at least three.” — Sophie Hannah Comforting Copy Share Image
“I’m low-level angry most of the time, never really know why,’ Simon told him. ‘You got the brunt of it. This time.” — Sophie Hannah Angry Copy Share Image
“didn’t belong to her. She said her car was missing a mirror and the trains were knackered, so she’d” — Sophie Hannah Fitness Copy Share Image
“No, thanks,’ said Sam, who had never understood why he often refused drinks he would have liked to accept.” — Sophie Hannah Gratitude Copy Share Image
My characters all have issues, but I don't see that as weird or abnormal because I think in real life there are… — Sophie Hannah Abnormal Copy Share Image
But we'll stumble on, she and I, into our messy future. And we'll have each other. — Sophie Hannah Future Copy Share Image
“Oh, God. I can’t do this. I only slightly want to have a baby. I think. I actually don’t know at all.” — Sophie Hannah Baby Copy Share Image
No one has been buried at Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge, England, for many years, and so the place has a shady,… — Sophie Hannah Buried Copy Share Image
I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for… — Sophie Hannah Books Copy Share Image
When my children were very young, I was slated to go on a business trip. When it was nearly canceled, I decided… — Sophie Hannah Anyone Copy Share Image
“No ramifications whatsoever. You’re not going to ramificate; you don’t know what it means. You don’t know which of the words I… — Sophie Hannah Ramifications Copy Share Image
Cambridge is heaven, I am convinced it is the nicest place in the world to live. As you walk round, most people… — Sophie Hannah Cambridge Copy Share Image
For me, a big part of writing psychological thrillers is choosing crimes committed for motives which would only apply to a particular… — Sophie Hannah Afflictions Copy Share Image
“Perhaps he too is pretending to be someone he isn't. Perhaps we all are: everyone in here - the people to my… — Sophie Hannah Left and right Copy Share Image
Nobody has ever written as many enjoyable, fun-to-read crime novels as Agatha Christie. It's all about the storytelling and the pleasure of… — Sophie Hannah About Copy Share Image
Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of… — Sophie Hannah Facts Copy Share Image
“She was irritated, briefly, by the thought that she might be becoming more mature. Why should she become a better person when… — Sophie Hannah Better person Copy Share Image
Just because someone has stylistic limitations doesn't necessarily make them a worse writer. — Sophie Hannah Because Copy Share Image
What surprised me most while writing 'The Monogram Murders' was that everything I needed seemed to arrive in my head exactly when… — Sophie Hannah Arrive Copy Share Image
“No attack is ever really an attack on the victim. It's the perpetrator attacking an aspect of himself that he loathes. He… — Sophie Hannah Really Attack Copy Share Image
“He wondered how many new starts a person was entitled to, how many times one could say it was the other person's… — Sophie Hannah Person Fault Copy Share Image
I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it… — Sophie Hannah Dysfunctional Copy Share Image
Weak people always attack strong people - it's safer. It's weak people who are dangerous, who lash out uncontrollably and hurt you… — Sophie Hannah Dangerous Copy Share Image
I am a fellow commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. My husband used to be a lecturer at Leeds University, and we lived… — Sophie Hannah College Copy Share Image
“Simon would disapprove, in the way that people who lacked life experience always disapproved of others having adventures they had so far… — Sophie Hannah Disapprove Copy Share Image
I am trying to write novels for properly clever people, but I also want them to be proper novels that also stick… — Sophie Hannah About Copy Share Image
I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just don't understand that world.… — Sophie Hannah Cia Copy Share Image
I was working as a secretary in Manchester and thought I would always do that. Then I got this letter offering me… — Sophie Hannah Always Copy Share Image
“Anyone who cares more about pleasing other people than about their own happiness—anyone who believes, deep down, that everyone else matters more… — Sophie Hannah Dishonesty Copy Share Image
“Like having a can of Coke after a long and thirsty game of tennis. Tastes better than any other can of Coke… — Sophie Hannah Marriage Copy Share Image
I never do enjoy my breaks, long or short...I look forward to them intensely, but as soon as they begin, I can… — Sophie Hannah Break Copy Share Image
My crime novels are highly structured. I never start out with a dead body. I start with an impossible scenario. Opening questions… — Sophie Hannah Body Copy Share Image
Everything is personal - the poems and the crime novels. I have never been involved in any murders, but there are strong… — Sophie Hannah Any Copy Share Image
I'm snobby about books that aren't crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there's no mystery emerging in the… — Sophie Hannah About Copy Share Image
I am actually incredibly contented and jolly. But, and I have no idea why this is, I have a really strong empathy… — Sophie Hannah Actually Copy Share Image
Try as I might, Agatha Christie is unique. The actual writing style can't be exactly the same, so instead of trying to… — Sophie Hannah Actual Copy Share Image
“This is why mysteries are the best kind of stories: because you only get the truth at the very end, when you're… — Sophie Hannah Mysteries Copy Share Image
No highbrow literary type would ever say 'Moby Dick' is good but it's just about a whale, or a Jane Austen would… — Sophie Hannah About Copy Share Image
I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they're not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought… — Sophie Hannah Being Copy Share Image
When I set out to write crime fiction, I didn't think to myself, 'I'm going to model myself on Agatha Christie' or… — Sophie Hannah Am Copy Share Image
