98 Quotes by Denise Mina

Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.

I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny.

I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form.

I'm terrified to get married. I'm not getting married till my gay friends can.

In my heart Im just a lucky waitress.

Novelisation doesn't imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that.

I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.

If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were.

I always wanted to work at Take A Break magazine, you know, just to inject a little bit of politics into their stories. I applied for a job there after I'd done my law degree and didn't even get an interview. I only wrote Garnethill because I didn't get that job!