Joanne Harris Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Joanne Harris quotes and sayings page 2 (60 year old author). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 53 we have for her.
“A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online.”
“I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.”
“If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.”
“I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future from the things that catch on to the hem of your skirt when you've been sewing, and different colored threads would mean different things... Of course, all that influenced me quite a lot as a child.”
“Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.”
“I first saw the island of Noirmoutier when I was two weeks old. I think it's probably safe to say that I didn't fully appreciate it at the time; but I grew to love it as year after year I spent holidays there at my grandparents' cottage.”
“I'm quite an untidy person in a lot of ways. But order makes me happy. I have to have a clear desk and a tidy desktop, with as few visual distractions as possible. I don't mind sound distractions, but visual ones freak me out.”
“I have an English identity and a French identity. When I'm in France, I'm more outgoing. And the French part of me cooks, whereas the English part of me writes.”
“People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on.”
“I sublimate different parts of my personality through my characters. Which is worrying, as some of them can be a bit nasty. I'm pleased the stuff on the page isn't inside me any more.”
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