Michael Dibdin Professions : Writer Born : March 21, 1947 Died : March 30, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Michael Dibdin There can be no true friends without true enemies Michael Dibdin true-friend inspirational enemy You may forget your childhood, but your childhood does not forget you. Michael Dibdin childhood doe may What is true for a given person in a given situation is not necessarily true for that person in a different situation, or for another person in the same situation, and still less if both are different. Michael Dibdin situation given different Nowadays people think that history is what was on TV last night. Michael Dibdin night people thinking Imagine living in a country where the cops are all people who're cut out for the job. Michael Dibdin cutting jobs country Criminals have the same aspirations as everyone else. That's why they become criminals. Michael Dibdin aspiration criminals The mainstream has lost its way. Crime fiction is an objective, realistic genre because it's about the real world, real bodies really being killed by somebody. And this involves the investigator in trying to understand the society that the person lived in. Michael Dibdin real trying fiction Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors