Denise Mina

There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.

My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged position.

I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.