I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way.
Emma DonoghueA memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.
Emma DonoghueYou'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 let's you get on with it.
Emma DonoghueIn the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time...I don't know how persons with jobs do the jobs and all the living as well...I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the roads and houses and playgrounds and stores, so there's only a little smear of time on each place, then everyone has to hurry on to the next bit.
Emma Donoghue