Sophie Hannah Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The brilliant thing about swimming is that, while you're doing it, there's nothing else you could be getting on with, like the ironing or sorting out the children. My mind goes into free-float mode; some of the best ideas for plots come into my head while I'm ploughing up and down the pool.”

“A lot of women feel like they should be enjoying motherhood, they should be fulfilled and shouldn't be thinking, 'I wish I didn't have to do this.'”

“Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.”

“All through childhood, I wrote verses and mysteries. There is, for me, one connection: structure. My poetry is metrical, rhyming.”

“Crime fiction is a way of satisfying that nosy need to know.”

“I love the house we're in, but at the same time, I'm hooked on the romance of house-hunting.”

“I'm not cut out to lug babies around!”

“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.”

“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.”

“If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime writer.”