The funny thing about writing is, although you are writing about an experience which only you have had, you are trying to welcome other people into it, and there are ways I think of doing this, and one of them is through the senses, through the sounds and the smells. Ronald Frame experiencefunnypeople share on social
I'm very interested in how corruption works - and it's not necessarily the way one might expect. Ronald Frame corruptionexpectinterest Change image and share on social
I like French films, Chabrol in particular. With him, you often get a skewed morality in which you sympathise with the person you shouldn't. Ronald Frame chabrolfilmfrench Change image and share on social
I think if you study people in the street today, you do sometimes feel that they have taken their behavior and their language from things that they have seen rather than read - from soap operas and movies and so on. Ronald Frame behaviorfeellanguage share on social
I'm here to get the story on to the page. It would be good to catch your attention, and I have to make you want to read on, and I suppose I prefer you don't actually think about the 'how' at all - the writing technique, the 'style', or even who it is that's putting this together. Ronald Frame attentioncatchgood share on social
I always felt journalists had a very clear idea of what they wanted to write about me before the interview began. Ronald Frame beginclearfelt Change image and share on social
I've actually got quite a good memory. I've good recall. It's often things which other people might not notice. Ronald Frame goodhavememory Change image and share on social
The gift of a writer as good as Dickens is not to explain everything; that way, the reader has, in terms of their imagination, somewhere to go. Ronald Frame dickenexplaingift Change image and share on social
Originally I wanted somewhere to set my short stories about the sort of people I recognise having grown up with. Carnbeg was staring me in the face all the time, only I had somehow failed to see that. Not seeing the wood for the trees, I suppose. Ronald Frame carnbegfacefail share on social
As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that. Ronald Frame beliefhavesense Change image and share on social
