Mark Billingham
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I'm a city boy. I grew up in a big city, in Birmingham, and I want to write about a city. It'... MARK BILLINGHAM Whether you do stand-up comedy or write a story, you have a duty to deliver. As a comedian, you walk... MARK BILLINGHAM It never ceases to amaze me that readers who are willing to suspend their disbelief when it comes to... MARK BILLINGHAM The day a character becomes predictable is the day a writer should think about moving on - because t... MARK BILLINGHAM There are a number of writers who believe it is their duty to throw as many curve balls at the reade... MARK BILLINGHAM Whether your audience is in a sweaty basement club or nestled in a favourite armchair, good money ha... MARK BILLINGHAM I'm completely absorbed by Peter Guralnick's definitive, two-part biography of Elvis Presley... MARK BILLINGHAM Too much research can be the writer's enemy. You can spend days on end in the British Library or... MARK BILLINGHAM In the 1970s, there was a trend for all detectives on TV to have some quirk or gimmick, and this was... MARK BILLINGHAM My dad was a terrible father. Dreadful. But he had a very difficult childhood. He was fostered - he ... MARK BILLINGHAM Ian Rankin's Rebus is the king of modern British crime fiction. He is dour, determined, and cons... MARK BILLINGHAM I admire writers such as Elmore Leonard who can nail a character in three or four lines of dialogue,... MARK BILLINGHAM More than 100 years after he first appeared, Holmes remains the template for the fictional detective... MARK BILLINGHAM You throw the kitchen sink at your early books. You put everything in there. It's like when you ... MARK BILLINGHAM When you think of a great twist or a red herring or a way of misdirecting the reader, it is good, bu... MARK BILLINGHAM What I usually do is hoard money - I accumulate as much as possible in the fear of not having enough... 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Starting a new job can be nerve-racking , but it's also exciting. You're embarking on a new ... 
Do the thing and you will have the power. 
If you can dream it, you can do it. 
It is a lie. 
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it 
6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break:
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
You have to be uncomfortable in order to be successful, in some ways. If you stay in your comfort zo... 
If you feel like you don't have a choice to write it, write it. If you feel like you do have a c... 
Your comfort zone is a place where you keep yourself in a self-illusion and nothing can grow there b... 
For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... 
If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it. 
If you think you can do it, you can. 
It ain't bragging if you can do it. 
How to get it, I annoy you???
A clear passion, a resolute determination, a can-do spirit; these are the rods for creating a great ... 
There are so many things we do in life that define the real meaning of our lives. There are so many ... 
Fear can only be mastered outside of your comfort zone. 
All that the spider needs to complete its web is step taking 
Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying... 
I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not ... 
What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? 
Sub-consciousness is extremely selfish, it will do anything to keep you safe and main in a comfort z... 
Bravery breaks barriers! You were not born to be mediocre! Put on courage and conquer! Don’t forge... 
Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. 
As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... 
You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... 
You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. 
If you think like a leader, act like a leader, inspire like a leader then you are a leader. 
There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is a... 
You may want to keep a commonplace book which is a notebook where you can copy parts of books you th... 
Whatever hardships there have been in my life I still live in a very privileged position. Fear is no... 
Making books is a very specific kind of activity. It's not really a collection of your best pict... 
In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... 
If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are ... 
As I'm sure you know, whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn m... 
I just don't understand it," said Klaus, which was not something he said very often.
I've recently rediscovered Anthony Trollope. I used to read him back in college, and a friend tu... 
Live beyond your fear. This is your life, the good, the bad, all yours. The change you want is beyon... 
A successful television series can chain you to a schedule of long hours and can put your personal l... 
The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all t... 
You must have traveled all night,” she heard herself say. 
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project. 
So it really does have a sort of bittersweet quality. Kids like to have adventures and to believe th... 
It's good to feel stupid sometimes and do things that are out of your comfort zone. 
Some forethought and planning can do wonders for your schedule and sanity. Try to work ahead a littl... 
Shakespeare often writes so ill that you hesitate to believe he could ever write supremely well; or,... 
Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth... 
You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. 
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because i... 
The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in its... 
You have to do what you love to do, not get stuck in that comfort zone of a regular job. Life is not... 
The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis. 
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. 
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others. 
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure tha... 
When Facebook was getting started, nothing used real identity - everything was anonymous or pseudony... 
My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But mos... 
I wear the same outfit or, at least, a different copy of it almost every day. 
There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fan... 
Kids don't need to be taught the value of making; they are natural makers, at least until tradit... 
Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is ... 
I believe we have to nip Ebola in the bud before it spreads through Africa and to other countries. 
Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other desce... 
To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce. 
I have a very dear family and very dear friends. They're my rock. These are people who knew me f... 
Too-easy credit and millions of bad loans made during the U.S. housing bubble paved the way for the ... 
James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire t... 
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I don't buy the argument that there can't be a successful independent candidacy for the pres... 
The turning point for me was when the Supreme Court installed Bush in 2000, even though he got half ... 
A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power. 
Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the fe... 
Lucifer spoke thus. Pride took him from heaven, though he sat at God's right hand.' Her voice grew f... 
I brag on the Democratic Party. We're libertarian on social issues, it's live and let live. ... 
I am quite amazed how, when people earn lots of money, they think they have to spend it on things th... 
He was a psychotic. He was a borderline psychotic. He was a terrific, sensational actor, with a magi... 
We’ll have to get you a sword,” I said. “When funds allow.”