It's all chaos and the house is occasionally filthy but I get to stand at the school gates. Writers are so lucky to have that flexibility. Denise Mina chaosfilthyflexibility Change image and share on social
To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position. Denise Mina corrosivedefaultintellect Change image and share on social
With my earlier books, I got quite bored being with one protagonist all the way through. With the Alex Morrow books, I wanted to do something a bit more holistic, so there were lots of different points of view, and I wanted to look at aspects of crime that you don't tend to look at. Denise Mina alexaspectbite share on social
In the forensic science course I took at university they used photographs of dead bodies. For ballistics they showed us a guy lying on the floor, and his head had burst. Denise Mina ballisticbodyburst Change image and share on social
I came from this very traditional background and I benefited hugely from feminism. I felt privileged going to university and doing a PhD. Most people of my background don't get to do that. Denise Mina backgroundbenefitfelt Change image and share on social
My family were great story-tellers. My mum was one of 12 and they were all fighting to tell stories. You have to tell a good tale or no one is going to listen. You have to make it entertaining and interesting. That's how I learned to tell stories. Denise Mina entertainfamilyfight share on social
It's very hard to be cut off in Glasgow because it's such a small city. You know, we have the highest rate of per-capita imprisonment, certainly in Britain, maybe in Europe. We have a very high murder rate here. So most people will know someone who's been to prison. Denise Mina britaincapitacity share on social
Novelisation doesn't imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that. Denise Mina implynovelisationreader Change image and share on social
None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read. Denise Mina peoplereadsell Change image and share on social
Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve. Denise Mina crimedeservefiction Change image and share on social
