Joanne Harris Quotes & Sayings

“I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.”

“I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.”

“For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.”

“My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.”

“In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person's work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule.”

“Online communities are an expression of loneliness.”

“As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.”

“I think if you are an outsider then you are an outsider always.”

“I'm politically inclined towards the left, but I don't like to be in anyone's gang; I'm a bit of a loose cannon.”

“The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.”