- Bond
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I prefer to write books for children instead of reading them. But I do strongly believe in childhood and in respecting childhood innocence. I don't like books for children that deal with adult themes.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to play quite a good lead guitar, R&B style. Clapton and BB King are heroes.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents had never been to Germany. But I knew what I didn't want to write about, and I didn't want to write about Edinburgh. A lot of writers find Edinburgh fascinating, but I never did. As a matter of fact, I couldn't wait to get away from it.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a great tradition among the English of writing about Berlin. It's kind of a state of mind, almost. That even translates in terms of music. A lot of people go to Berlin with the idea that it's a state of mind.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think any of us know how we would react until we were put in a situation where we have to do something bad or do something good. I think I'd like to believe I'd act like a decent human being, but I'm realistic to know I don't know.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always try to find a story in the margins of history, but I don't like to do too much that's improbable.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mark of a writer is to make a story as likely as possible, and I've done my best to deliver authentic atmosphere.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of crime writing suffers from treading water. I feel an obligation to move the character on and not repeat myself. I try to fit him into a different period and a different agenda. That way, you learn slightly more about his personal history in the tradition of the unreliable narrator. It makes it more challenging to write.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being British, we tend to think of ourselves as America's best friend. And as your best friend, that gives us a little bit of license to point out things that could have been handled better.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always worry I've probably written one too many Bernie Gunther books and that I should probably give him his gold watch.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most interesting legal philosophy is German, so naturally I went to Germany, particularly to Berlin, quite a bit.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fascination for me writing about crime in Berlin was the idea that there was this much bigger crime taking place in the background, a fantastically epochal moment in history which is just going on. That just sort of makes the whole thing have a greater resonance.
- Orange
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really wanted to write the way Kubrick makes films - 'Strangelove,' '2001', 'Clockwork Orange', 'Barry Lyndon' - they're all so different.
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020