Rose Tremain Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The unfolding of a story is both as exciting and as difficult for each and every novel I've written, regardless of time and place.”

“A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.”

“At the moment, I'm toying with a new idea for a book, but fully engaged with writing screenplays, so the book idea - which needs empty space in my head - is barely formed yet.”

“I'm not very interested in charting a day-to-day familiar reality. I'm always looking for territory in which to explore the BIG subjects, the life-or-death stories.”

“Any setting can potentially acquire this vividness. It slowly arrives during the period of research, until it is as immediate to me as my own real surroundings.”

“So history is fertile territory for me and I think I could feel happy with any period of history, provided I had the right sources and the necessary time for the initial research.”