Quote by Ian Rankin Download Open image ““went to take a look at it. A plaque”” — Ian Rankin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I went over to the painting and looked closely. It had changed in my absence, something paintings liked to do.” — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
“Looking through a photograph I found inside a drawer I was taken by a photograph of you.” — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
“It was a good picture. You could tell by the amount of time I spent staring at it.” — Cary Attwell Copy Share Image
“I have rubbed, knocked and brushed up against a thousand windows, trying to get an image.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're going to be a critical… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
In 1991, I won the Chandler Fulbright Prize, which came with $20,000 and the stipulation of spending six months in the U.S. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
When I was in my early 20s and still at uni, I won a short-story competition: £200 was the prize. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
“1446, that's when the foundations were laid. It took forty years to complete." "Sounds like some builders I know," Rebus said. "Can't you feel… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I won't know whodunnit until maybe two thirds of the way through. Until then, I know as little as my detective.… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
My mother worked in a school canteen - then worked in the canteen of a chicken factory. Every Friday, the pay packet money would… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a record shop.… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I don't want the books to become PR exercises for the police; I want to have the freedom to write about cops who cross… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
“...despite rumors to the contrary, you're on the side of the angels. (...) Whether you like it or not.” — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
Rebus was eating breakfast in the canteen and wishing there was more caffeine in the coffee, or more coffee in the coffee come to… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I would have loved to have been a rock n' roll star. But none of us was musical, and none of us had any… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
