“I'm always determined that as a novelist I'm going to go out there and research my characters very thoroughly before I start writing.” WritingCharacterResearchDeterminedNovelists Author:Chris Cleave
“The Daily Mail can't say 'asylum-seeker' without saying 'foreign criminal' in the same sentence. I'm sure it's practically editorial policy.” PolicySentencesCriminalsMailSeekersAsylumsEditorialsAsylum SeekersDaily Mail Author:Chris Cleave
“There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.” PeopleMeanTwoDifferences Author:Chris Cleave
“I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.” ThinkingHumansTwoLevelsTragedyAthleteFascinatingAtomsRivalsHuman RelationsHuman Relationships Author:Chris Cleave
“I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.” ThinkingBeautifulHigherIdealsStrongerCelebrateMottoDissolutionEntropyAntithesis Author:Chris Cleave
“It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker.” YearsHas BeensDifferentSometimesHardDoneAcceptingHappenedTenAthleteBeatenCould Have BeenMargins Author:Chris Cleave
“Studying psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story.” ThinkingShouldStoriesFunBehindsStudyPsychology Author:Chris Cleave
