Character Quote by Joan Lingard

“I find Edinburgh a stimulating place in which to live, with it being a city of contrasts, both architecturally and socially, and each district having a definite character.” quote by Joan Lingard — Download Open image

“I find Edinburgh a stimulating place in which to live, with it being a city of contrasts, both architecturally and socially, and each district having a definite character.”

Joan Lingard

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“Life is limited, but by writing, and reading, we can live in different worlds, get inside the skins and minds of other people, and,…

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I like writing about teenagers because it's a time of great change and conflict. Up to then, you accept what your parents tell you.

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The 325-foot Seagram Tower is the most southerly and closest to the Canadian falls and also affords the best view of the churning upper…

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When writing about Edinburgh, I place my characters in the parts of the city that I myself have lived in, or else know well,…

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I had a very distant relationship with my father. It was always just me and my mother. It was a shattering blow when she…

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Like children, adolescents need a framework. Otherwise they can't cope. When someone has unlimited freedom, it means there's nobody who cares what they're doing.

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“Whoever had invented long division has a lot to answer for.”

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The skylines of Buffalo, New York, and Toronto, Ontario, some 40 miles away, can be seen from the eight observation areas of the Seagram Tower.

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If I had stayed in Belfast, my life there wouldn't have as easy as it was in Scotland. I see the strain on the…

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Settings are obviously important - and as a writer, you have to respect what was real at the time of the story you're writing.…

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Mollie Hunter was both a great friend and a very fine writer for children. She was fascinated by Scotland's history and its folklore -…

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