Top 16 Quotes by Chris Cleave

About Chris Cleave

These are some quotes by British author Chris Cleave Writer, who was born in 1973.

Studying psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story.

Studying psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story.

Chris Cleave

I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school.

I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school.

Chris Cleave

It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker.

Chris Cleave

If I can't write it would be as if I died.

If I can't write it would be as if I died.

Chris Cleave

I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.

I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.

Chris Cleave

I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.

I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.

Chris Cleave

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