None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.
John Milton
So I got a chance to meet a whole bunch of those old real, real rough but gentle men. They lived hard, but they lived good - in one sense, you know.... →
Little Milton
You have to take your ego out of it and say, do I want people to be obsequious to me or do I want to write good books? If it's the latter, you... →
Denise Mina
I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it's much easier to do something really good. Especially when readers know what... →
My family were great story-tellers. My mum was one of 12 and they were all fighting to tell stories. You have to tell a good tale or no one is going... →
I take after my mother more than my father in terms of personality. My mother's a worrier, and I'm a worrier. Both were very good with... →
Michael Mina
If I'd never gone out and done more than one restaurant, my food wouldn't be as good as it is today. I've learned a lot from people who... →
I love San Francisco; it's very hard to compete with San Francisco when it comes to availability of product, but one thing you can't replace... →
I happen to be a pessimist, and maybe that's a good thing because I don't stop to smell the roses - which is not a good personal thing. I... →
Nicki Minaj
Sometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have to give people your all. You can't say... →