239 Quotes by Chris Cleave

I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.

The Daily Mail can't say 'asylum-seeker' without saying 'foreign criminal' in the same sentence. I'm sure it's practically editorial policy.

My whole life is my work.

I'm really interested in people's decisions.

The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don't always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn't have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I'm interested in the exceptions.

We're often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don't stop to think about what it means.

I'm not happy with just repeating myself.

I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.

I'm a much better writer for being a father.