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 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
“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 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 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 Copy Share Image
Just because someone has stylistic limitations doesn't necessarily make them a worse writer. — Sophie Hannah 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
In West Yorkshire, I'd have to drive three quarters of an hour to go shopping. — Sophie Hannah Drive 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
“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
“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 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 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 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
“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 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 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 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
“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
“Prejudices are comforting: everyone should make sure to cultivate at least three.” — Sophie Hannah Comforting 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
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
“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 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 Copy Share Image
“No attack is ever really an attack on the victim. Its the perpetrator attacking an aspect of himself that he loathes. He… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“He didn't subscribe to the view...that spirituality was a fast track to happiness. He believed the opposite was true: spiritual people suffered… — Sophie Hannah Happiness Copy Share Image
The brilliant thing about swimming is that, while you're doing it, there's nothing else you could be getting on with, like the… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“when your world falls apart and everything's ruined, you lose part of yourself. Not all, inconveniently. One half, the best half, dies.… — Sophie Hannah 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 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
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 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
“Is Jason intelligent enough to realise that if you describe a thirty-eight-year-old woman as middle-aged, she’s more likely to want to kill… — Sophie Hannah Middle aged 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 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 was working as a secretary in Manchester and thought I would always do that. Then I got this letter offering me… — Sophie Hannah 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
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 am trying to write novels for properly clever people, but I also want them to be proper novels that also stick… — Sophie Hannah 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 Copy Share Image
