Emma Donoghue Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side.”

“You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well.”

“I love it when novels contain a broad cast of characters, including queer ones.”

“Kids delight in 'magical thinking', whether in the form of the Tooth Fairy or the saints: whether you see these as comforting lies or eternal verities, they are part of how we help kids make sense of the world.”

“I come out of an academic background, and I'm aware that what I'm doing is simultaneously research and fiction. I want to meet both those obligations.”

“I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga.”

“A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.”

“Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent.”

“I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I've finished it because I lived in a housing co-op at Cambridge and had no space to keep books.”

“I hate desks; they make me feel like a child doing homework.”