Crime Quote by Denise Mina Download Open image “There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.” — Denise Mina ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Emphasis Humor Novel Real Scotland Witty
“In Scotland, there is a rapid loss of all grandeur of mien and manners; a provincial eagerness and acuteness appear; the poverty of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature - the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very… — Bill Forsyth Copy Share Image
“The great drawback of being witty is that you have to keep your eyes fixed on the semi-idiots around you, and absorb their worthless… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
I started writing novels while an undergraduate student, in an attempt to make sense of the city of Edinburgh, using a detective as my… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
My humour and my work ethic definitely come from my Scottish side, and I have to say the sense of humour doesn't really translate… — John Barrowman Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position. — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
