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Michael Robotham Quotes
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Michael Robotham
Australian
Writer
Born:
Nov 9
,
1960
Crime
First
Job
Me
Writing
You
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Journalism took me around the world. I worked in London for ten years and reported on the collapse of the Soviet Union, the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the first Gulf War.
Michael Robotham
War
Me
World
First
Took
Collapse
Gulf
Gulf War
London
Ten
Ten Years
Troubles
Journalism
Around
Years
Ireland
Reported
Soviet
Northern
Soviet Union
Northern Ireland
Worked
Union
Everybody you work with has their own voice, and if you do your job well enough, even their closest friends or their partner of 40 years isn't going to recognise the fingerprints of a ghostwriter.
Michael Robotham
Work
You
Job
Partner
Own
Enough
Everybody
Recognise
Fingerprints
Voice
Well
Well Enough
Years
Friends
Closest
Closest Friends
Going
Your
Even
I write entertainment. There are some books you read but don't inhale. There are books that will change your life.
Michael Robotham
Life
You
Entertainment
Change
Will
Books
Some
Write
Read
Inhale
Your
Writing is what I do. It's what makes me tick.
Michael Robotham
Me
Writing
Tick
Makes
In the mid-nineties, I quit my job as a senior feature writer at 'The Mail' on Sunday in the U.K. and became a 'ghost writer,' collaborating with politicians, pop stars, psychologists, soldiers and sporting legends who needed help in penning their autobiographies.
Michael Robotham
Job
Sunday
Politicians
Stars
Collaborating
Soldiers
Ghost
Feature
Mail
Writer
Became
Legends
Quit
Senior
Autobiographies
Psychologists
Pop
Pop Stars
Help
Who
Needed
I've known since I was 12 that I wanted to write. My father was a teacher, and there were so many books around, it seemed natural to pick them up.
Michael Robotham
Teacher
Natural
Father
Books
Seemed
Write
Pick
Since
Known
Around
Were
Up
Wanted
Them
Many
I'm very fortunate to be doing what I dreamed of, what I love. So few people get that opportunity. So while people continue liking what I write, I'm going to happily continue.
Michael Robotham
Love
People
Opportunity
Few
Dreamed
Write
Liking
Doing
Continue
Very
Get
Few People
Going
While
Happily
Fortunate
I believe that if the story is fleshed out and the characters more believable, the reader is more likely to take the journey with them. In addition, the plot can be more complex. My characters are very real to me, and I want each of my characters to be different.
Michael Robotham
Journey
Me
Believe
Addition
Complex
Out
Plot
Characters
Be Different
More
Take
Likely
Reader
Real
Very
Different
Want
Story
Them
Each
Believable
You're not supposed to have a favourite book - it's like children.
Michael Robotham
You
Book
Favourite
Like
Supposed
Children
I'd like to set a story in Australia, but I would need to feel confident my German and U.S. readers, for example, would stay with me.
Michael Robotham
Me
Example
Would
Stay
Feel
Like
For Example
Readers
Australia
German
Confident
Story
Need
Set
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