Emma Donoghue quotes - page 2

For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have. (Emma Donoghue)
You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just lets you get on with it. View quote
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There's not a thing wrong with you, you're right the whole way through. View quote
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You know who you belong to, Jack?” "Yeah.” "Yourself.” He's wrong, actually, I belong to Ma. View quote
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... real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing. View quote
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... sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words. View quote
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Everyone's got a different story. View quote
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I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad. View quote
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This is a bad story.” "Sorry. I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have told you.” "No, you should,” I say. "But-” "I don't want there to be bad stories and me not know them. View quote
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I looked in my mirror and saw, not myself, but every place I'd never been. View quote
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Soon I must vote for Oscars and BAFTAs, so I've been having marathon screening sessions. Top of my list so far is ROOM, which is brilliant in every way. The boy actor, Jacob Tremblay, is astounding. But most of all, it's a film that never stoops to the rigged mini-plots so often used to generate viewer excitement: it goes its own way, always surprising, always utterly believable. The writer of both the novel and the screenplay, Emma Donoghue, has produced a perfect work. People seem surprised that a first-time screenwriter can be so good, but the truth is screenwriting's not hard, it's having something strong and real and true to write about that's hard. Emma Donoghue is original and wise: that's rare. (Emma Donoghue)
Ma: You're gonna love it. Jack: What? Ma: The world. View quote
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I've seen the world and I'm tired now. View quote
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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. View quote
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You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well. View quote
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A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places. View quote
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I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre. View quote
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I'm a huge planner, more and more so as the years go by. View quote
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I tend to be so lost in the work that I don't notice the weather. My partner will come home and say, 'Beautiful day, wasn't it?' and I'll say, 'Was it?' as I won't have noticed the real world at all. View quote
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I'm finding that success is way more time-consuming than failure ever was. View quote
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I hate desks; they make me feel like a child doing homework. (Emma Donoghue)
Writers should be applauded for their ability to make things up. View quote
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I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way. View quote
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I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga. View quote
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Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer. View quote
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