There are very few well-adjusted people in my books. But I do think that's normal. Because everyone does have their issues and hang-ups. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes adjust book hang
What surprised me most while writing 'The Monogram Murders' was that everything I needed seemed to arrive in my head exactly when I needed it. Sophie Hannah arriveheadmonogram Change image and share on social
Some writers, I'm told, look for their characters' surnames in telephone directories. I don't - it seems too obvious. Or too deliberate: if you go looking for names, you're bound to find them, of course, but I've always had a superstitious hunch that the names you find by accident are always going to be better and more satisfying somehow. Sophie Hannah accidentbindcharacter share on social
I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new book than any other author. Sophie Hannah authorbookfavourite Change image and share on social
The Gulf of Mexico, they believe, is a huge asteroid. That was an impact zone, you know that? Yeah, for that big a thing to actually hit our globe, it would have had to adjusted the spin, the axis. Ridley Scott adjustasteroidaxis Change image and share on social
When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live. Jamie Campbell Bower hanglibertinelive Change image and share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social