Famous Quotes & Sayings

Donald Ray Pollock

Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read in my life.

Agatha Christie

It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.

James Ellroy

I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime novelist who ever lived. I am to the crime novel in specific what Tolstoy is to the Russian novel and what Beethoven is to music.

Michael Koryta

Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader.

Michael Connelly

The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective.

Noah Baumbach

I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're only supposed to flip a burger once.

Megan Abbott

I don't really consider any of my novels 'crime' novels.

Kate Mosse

I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels.

Jo Nesbo

Ever since the '70s, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo were the godfathers of Scandinavian crime. They broke the crime novel in Scandinavia from the kiosks and into the serious bookstores.

Jamie Bell

My favourite superhero is obviously Batman because he's the sexiest. But I can't imagine myself as Batman.

Miranda Raison

My favourite programme of all time is 'Weeds'; the first three or four series are perfection.

Abbey Lee Kershaw

My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.

Mary Quant

My favourite Nice restaurant is in the market. It's open mainly for the market people, and shuts in August.

Yotam Ottolenghi

My all-time favourite classic use of ricotta is in gnudi: fluffy, cheesy dumplings of almost ethereal, feathery lightness.

Julianne Moore

I did find it particularly difficult to do Broadway. It was not my favourite way to perform. When I do theatre, I like it to be smaller. I like the audience to be closer; I like it to be less presentational.

Mike Birbiglia

One of my favourite movies is 'Annie Hall' because it's about the silver lining of the break-up.

Jess Glynne

I have a secret passion for horse riding. I haven't done it for ages, but I used to have a horse. I love it; it's one of my favourite things.

Virat Kohli

As a kid, even I knew everything about my favourite cricketers. I used to know everything possible. Now I see kids knowing about me. It feels good.

Sheila E.

My genre of music is very eclectic. I might play some Latin jazz, or just go into a spontaneous jazz thing. That's the thing about coming to one of my performances. Not every show is the same.

Andy Cohen

No one can say this is a niche genre because my mom is emailing me (Internet) videos, as is my nephew.

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Musicals and horror movies are my two favorite genres because they're about extremes.

Tom Selleck

I think there have been more movies in the Western genre than any other. I grew up watching those movies.

Neill Blomkamp

The only genre of movie that I could see making that doesn't have anything magical or otherworldly about it would be a war film. I'm very interested in history, and a war film could be something that would lure me in.

Noah Taylor

I have been working on this project trying to record a little record a month just at home in a different genre for each one,

Guy Gavriel Kay

I've spent my whole literary career blurring boundaries between genres and categories.

Olivia Cooke

If I love the character, then that's all that matters to me. It doesn't really matter what genre it is.

Sarah McLachlan

There are women in every genre having a lot of success. Why not celebrate that?