"Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction."

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Ian Rankin

#Writing Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Scottish Quotes

“... the time will come when no servant will be hired without a diploma from some training school, and a girl will as much expect to fit herself for house-maid or cook, as for dressmaker or any trade.”
“The road to creativity passes...”
“The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character.”
“I'd always been the confident guy in school. I was good in math and English, but I was still shy. I couldn't get up and speak in front of people. I was asked to do it when I was 10 years old and I burst out crying.”
“He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.”
“If I discover a manure which will enable me to make a piece of land produce 20 per cent more corn, I may withdraw at least a portion of my capital from the most unproductive part of my farm.”
“For black Americans, we know that gun control... sprouts from racist soil - be it after the or during the infamous Dred Scott case where black mans humanity was not recognized.”

Source : "Black conservatives: Gun control has ‘racist’ roots" by Nicholas Ballasy, dailycaller.com. February 22, 2013.
“I have no problem at all taking my shirt off to tell a story.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com

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