Book Quote by Denise Mina

“He stopped at an intersection, panting, rubbing at the twinge in his hamstrings, looking around, though he knew no cars were coming in either…

— Denise Mina

Even if people do wrong, we're social animals, so what can we do about stopping them doing the same things in future? Saying people…

— Denise Mina

Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when…

— Denise Mina

In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother…

— Denise Mina

Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the…

— Denise Mina

“Bout a month ago. She came in Boxing Day but I put her out. She was begging people, not even tapping, but begging for…

— Denise Mina

None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read.

— Denise Mina

In my heart I'm just a lucky waitress.

— Denise Mina

I just got an honorary degree from Glasgow University, and I had to wear around very painful shoes so that I didn't laugh all…

— Denise Mina

To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.

— Denise Mina

I'd read so much right-wing crime fiction where they find the evidence and shoot the bad guy - I thought there must be another…

— Denise Mina

I think the class divide is going to change. I think a lot more working class people are going to get published. It is…

— Denise Mina