If we knew more about psychology, we would be better equipped to deal with other people's psychological damage which they might project onto us.
From Sophie Hannah
My father, whose hobby was collecting secondhand cricket books, came back from a book fair one day with a copy of 'The Body In The Library.'
Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.
Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward careful attention.
I was working as a secretary in Manchester and thought I would always do that. Then I got this letter offering me a two-year fellowship where I could write; they would pay me a salary and give me a flat to live in. It was heaven.
Reading is the only area of my life in which I prefer to be non-autonomous.
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