I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.
Ian RankinWitches never existed, except in peopleโs minds. All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and in folklore and in the wish to fly. Witches? Weโre all witches in one way or another. Witches was the invention of mankind, son. Weโre all witches beneath the skin.
Ian RankinI don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel Spark, Anthony Powell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ruth Rendell, James Ellroy, William McIlvanney, Kate Atkinson, John Burnside, Louise Welsh, Iain Banks.
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