I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.


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You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're ...
IAN RANKIN
I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and...
IAN RANKIN
I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. I...
IAN RANKIN
The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon yo...
IAN RANKIN
I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think...
IAN RANKIN
I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, i...
IAN RANKIN
At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ide...
IAN RANKIN
I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in...
IAN RANKIN
I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me...
IAN MILLAR
It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the...
IAN MILLAR
I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critic...
IAN MILLAR
I work out every morning for an hour while in front of the news channel or business channels, then I...
IAN MILLAR
When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and ye...
IAN MILLAR
The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe th...
IAN MILLAR
Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and...
IAN MILLAR
If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen.
IAN MILLAR
I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent m...
IAN MCSHANE
Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for...
IAN MCSHANE
Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.
IAN MCSHANE
People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
IAN MCSHANE
Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
IAN MCSHANE
My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.'
IAN MCSHANE
The bad boys get all the best lines.
IAN MCSHANE
When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge y...
IAN MCSHANE
Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.
IAN MCSHANE
I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
IAN MCSHANE
Acting's boring.
IAN MCSHANE
I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill g...
IAN MCSHANE
I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45.
IAN MCSHANE
My second marriage was to a girl I met in Manchester, kept a long-distance relationship going for tw...
IAN MCSHANE
Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.
IAN MCSHANE
If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footba...
IAN MCSHANE
You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change.
IAN MCSHANE
There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones.
IAN MCSHANE
You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?
IAN MCSHANE
When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play...
IAN MCSHANE
I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to ...
IAN MCSHANE
What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle.
IAN MCSHANE
My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football...
IAN MCSHANE