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" Authors do this for a living, and if you take their work for nothing, you are depriving them of a living. "
David Hewson
Work
Living
Nothing
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" Once you get over the culture shock, Filey is a pleasant spot, particularly at the beginning or end of the summer, when the hotels are half full. The brave go in winter, when the wind can be bitter and biting and Filey resumes its real life as a tiny, introverted fishing community. "
David Hewson
Brave
Community
Culture
" The problem is not that the PC you need always costs more than you can afford. The problem is that whatever the price, it is still too much. "
David Hewson
Need
Problem
Too Much
" In the world of crime novels, the annual Audible Sounds of Crime awards are a pretty big deal, and I was thrilled to be shortlisted for my fifth novel in my bestselling Nic Costa series. "
David Hewson
Deal
World
Pretty
" I just love doing different things, which is what being a working author is like. "
David Hewson
Love
Different
Like
" Flash turns up the optical volume so that whatever lies behind the lens - be it film or a digital sensor - is a little more receptive. "
David Hewson
Film
Digital
More
" If you think about what 'The Killing' is, it is the theatrical production, not the script. "
David Hewson
Think
About
Production
" Lympne Castle opens its doors to visitors during the summer only. It is privately owned, and more an interesting medieval manor than a castle. "
David Hewson
Summer
Interesting
Doors
" Torremolinos has no Jesus Gil, no pretty little old town, and no resident celebrities to sing its praises. "
David Hewson
Jesus
Little
Old
" There are any number of reasons for visiting Filey. The beach is clean, long, and rarely crowded. The countryside is bold and handsome, with one maritime feature that deserves to be better known: the long, thin rock finger of the Brigg, pointing into the chilly grey waters of the North Sea. "
David Hewson
Handsome
Beach
Better
" Scarborough never really began to live until the summer of 1964 when the Beatles played the Futurist Theatre, and no one in the audience, least of all me, heard anything but the screaming. "
David Hewson
Live
Audience
Summer
" TV has a three storyline structure, but 'The Killing' takes on that structure with such ambition. "
David Hewson
Takes
Structure
Ambition
" Although I'm deaf in only my left ear, when there is noise all around, I'm unable to distinguish sounds and can't hear anything. "
David Hewson
Noise
Only
Left
" I'm much more likely to get lynched over 'The Killing' than 'Macbeth.' "
David Hewson
Over
Than
Get
" The hearing test, which involved sitting in a quiet room listening to noises of various pitch played through headphones, confirmed the worst. I had no hearing in my left ear whatsoever. "
David Hewson
Listening
Quiet
Sitting
" Old Filey lies around the Ravine, a glacial gash running down to Coble Landing. This is the fishing Filey of centuries past, with neat little terraced cottages and a cluster of attractive 18th century houses. "
David Hewson
Fishing
Past
Old
" The truth about the Costa del Sol is that what endures, what is worthwhile, is what is Spanish. "
David Hewson
Worthwhile
About
Spanish
" I want to do more audio originals because I think that it is a fascinating medium. If you think about it, this is original storytelling. "
David Hewson
Think
More
You
" The list of Scarborough's rock credentials could go on forever. "
David Hewson
Forever
List
Rock
" Low light demanded 'fast' film, usually ISO 400 or higher; the fastest available would be about ISO 1000. When the sun was bright, you would reach for ISO 64 to avoid the burned-out look of overexposure. "
David Hewson
Fast
You
Sun
" Stand outside De Eland, on the Berenstraat Bridge over the Prinsengracht, and you see what real Amsterdam life is like. "
David Hewson
Life
You
Stand
" In Filey, you eat early to prepare for the highlight of the evening: social intercourse of a kind one thought relegated to Stanley Holloway monologues. "
David Hewson
Kind
Eat
Early
" Alfriston is a compact village set around a rather traffic-weary High Street, mainly of old, timbered buildings. The principal sights lie to the east on the river side. "
David Hewson
Lie
River
Buildings
" In a sense, there is no such thing as a bargain in computing. Models which are popular sell for the price they are supposed to fetch for the best part of their product cycle. "
David Hewson
Price
Cycle
Sell
" Why do we use flash at all? Because photography is not the same as eyesight. We can see in low-light situations where cameras, dependent upon a physical process to record visual information, are half blind. "
David Hewson
Photography
Blind
Process
" Historically, Macbeth is one of the greatest kings Scotland ever had. He was on the throne for 19 years, and he simply has this dreadful reputation because Shakespeare manipulated history for the benefit of James I, who was paying him to write the play to blacken Macbeth's name. "
David Hewson
Reputation
Play
Name
" The English Channel is such a narrow little puddle, you cannot help wondering why no invader has succeeded in crossing it since 1066. "
David Hewson
Wondering
Help
Little
" In London, the home of the quick deal is that outer ring of the seven circles of hell, Tottenham Court Road, where, as a rule, finding something with an advertised price is as likely as spotting a mermaid under Vauxhall Bridge. "
David Hewson
Bridge
Finding
Hell
" Flash photography can be horrible. In the hands of an expert who knows how to bounce all that searing bright light in the right direction, it may make an impossible picture workable. "
David Hewson
Light
Direction
Impossible
" Few areas which are not publicly owned can boast as many footpaths as the Cuckmere Valley. For a short walk, a footbridge across the river leads back to the little hamlet of Milton Street, where another classic local pub, the Sussex Ox, provides an admirable lunch. "
David Hewson
Back
Walk
Short
" The path from Hythe leads, for a little while, along the line of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway, whose 15in-gauge steam trains run throughout the year from Hythe to Dungeness. "
David Hewson
Year
Path
Railway