Neil Cross (born 2 September 1969) is a British novelist and scriptwriter. Read full biography of Neil Cross →
To kind of go through life not caring is a spectacular attribute. It's one I wish I had.
I love to see heroes who fuel some kind of moral furnace inside them, who are driven to take on the evils of the world, despite the fact that the... →
The thematic bucket of vomit that I've been chained to since I was about 9 is the moral complexity of anti-heroism. I have always been interested... →
I had a complicated life until I was 25. I was born in Bristol and was brought up by my mum and my stepfather in Edinburgh. He introduced me to books.
I wrote 'Mr. In-Between' very quickly when I was about 23. I wrote the penultimate chapter, then realised I'd done something which was... →
What I love about Indiana Jones is he always bites off slightly more than he can chew. The guy he's fighting is always slightly tougher than he... →
People often express surprise that I'm not a psychopath. But it's not about what I want to do to other people, it's that I'm scared... →
I am very interested in theology. In fact, my first degree was in theology, so it's something that interests me greatly.
I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes for experience.
The fictional character with whom I most profoundly identified was Yossarian in Catch-22. Always did, still do.
Writing a novel is an intense and lonely business, but you have the reward at the end of a very direct dialogue between you and the reader.
I don't get on with novelists, don't enjoy their company. Once you've worked for a publisher, you understand the species, see them in... →
I love ghost stories, and I also have a great fondness and love for 'Quatermass,' which in many ways is the show that preceded 'Doctor... →
Neil Cross (born 2 September 1969) is a British novelist and scriptwriter.