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. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#daily #editorial #foreign #i #mail

I'm not happy with just repeating myself. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#i #just #myself #repeating

This thing with being lovers, it isn't like being married. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#like #lovers #married #thing

There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#difference #explore #i #like #mean

I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#characters #decisions #extreme #extremes #i

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. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#athletes #atom #away #being #between

I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#common #guy #i #i think #lot

I'm a much better writer for being a father. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#better #father #i #much #writer

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. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#before #characters #determined #go #going

I'm really interested in people's decisions. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#i #interested #people #really