Sadie Jones Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“You wouldn't know it, but I'm no good at recognising people; I have face blindness.”

“I love writing on trains. The joy of being a writer is it's all in your head; you don't need materials apart from the laptop. It's like taking your work home with you, so you can feel grounded in your own insane writerly realities wherever you are.”

“I think if you write about human relationships, you're always exploring the psyche and the soul. I don't separate certain - perhaps more extreme - things that people do from others.”

“I'm never happy with what I've written. You imagine, before you start, there's a cathedral, and the moment it starts on the page, it's a garden shed. And then you just try to make it the best shed you can.”

“I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.”

“I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at it.”

“I don't believe in regret.”

“I don't consciously use my own life or experience at all.”

“I don't eat when I'm working. If I start to fridge-raid, I'm in trouble.”

“I think very visually, and I just never thought I had a novel in me.”