97 Quotes by Jed Mercurio

There is an apparatus set up to protect politicians, but those within that apparatus will have their own political views. I've got mates who are police officers and mates who are in the military, and they often have a very different view to the policy they're asked to carry out.

Between the ages of 12 and 15, I wanted to be a pilot because I thought it would be glamorous and dangerous.

In my third year at medical school in Birmingham, I joined the Air Force as a medical cadet so that I was sponsored to become a doctor.

If we have friends over for dinner, I do the cooking. I like the pressure of a big meal and the technical challenges of a roast.

I love writing thrillers.

I come from gender-balanced workplaces. I started off working in medicine, and when I went through med school, it's 50/50 men and women. And when I started working as a doctor, it's 50/50 men and women. So I've always been very accustomed to women occupying pivotal roles in the professional environment.

There are great female role models out there, and I just feel very proud to be able to represent them in my work.

We're living in interesting times, where people seem to be able to say things which are contrary to what you would call rationalism.

I'm interested in institutions, particularly in the way institutions close ranks. They have hierarchies and their own ethics.