“There are probably a couple of things I'd never write about until everyone I know is dead. And then there's other stuff which nobody would want to read a book about anyway.” WritingBookCouple Author:Ned Beauman
“I always save a huge book for a flight, because then you read it at both airports and on the plane and by the time you get home you're a quarter of the way through and it doesn't feel so unmanageable any more.” WayFeelsBookHomeHugeFlightPlanesQuartersAirports Author:Ned Beauman
“I was always determined that one way or another I would force a book on the world, even if I had to resort to writing one about a tabby cat who solves mysteries.” IfsWorldWayWritingBookForceMysteryCatSolveDeterminedOne WayResorts Author:Ned Beauman
“Plot is tremendously important to me: I can't stand books where nothing happens, and I can't imagine ever writing a novel without at least one murder.” WritingI CanImportantBookHappensNovelImagineMurderThings HappenPlot Author:Ned Beauman
“Until I was 16, I read nothing but science fiction. I loved William Gibson and I still do. But my favourite book when I was growing up, for a long time, was 'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson, which I must have read about a dozen times when I was a teenager.” LongStillsBookFictionGrowing UpGrowingLong TimeScience FictionSnowTeenagerDozenFavouriteCrashFavourite Book Author:Ned Beauman
