Hate Quote by Ned Beauman

There are probably a couple of things I'd never write about until everyone I know is dead. And then there's other stuff which nobody…

— Ned Beauman

I would love to learn how to air kiss non-awkwardly.

— Ned Beauman

Naming one thing after another cannot, logically, increase the chances of the new thing turning out like the old thing.

— Ned Beauman

“That was how Sinner got his first taste of anything other than the froth on his father's ale. It made you grimace, but if…

— Ned Beauman

Politicians often like to suggest that their policies come about through objective thinking, but if you look at British fascists, for example, what you…

— Ned Beauman

Plot is tremendously important to me: I can't stand books where nothing happens, and I can't imagine ever writing a novel without at least…

— Ned Beauman

Until I was 16, I read nothing but science fiction. I loved William Gibson and I still do. But my favourite book when I…

— Ned Beauman

“What does it do?" said Loeser. "You feel as if you're being sucked down this fathomless, gloomy tunnel. Or to put it another way,…

— Ned Beauman

Most romances aren't swept aside by big historical events. Most romances in the history of the world fall apart because of other, smaller happenings.…

— Ned Beauman

The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that isn't funny…

— Ned Beauman

I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.

— Ned Beauman

“accidents, like women, allude”

— Ned Beauman