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.
Emma DonoghueI always wince a little bit when I send me to each of my new books. I wince at submitting myself to my father's judgment. But, of course, he's such a fond father that he always writes back, saying it's the greatest thing ever written.
Emma Donoghue...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing.
Emma DonoghueMy mother was wonderfully out about her dementia. She would sort of - she would say to me, I came out to the window cleaner about having dementia. You know, I love the way that verb for coming out of the closet has now become so socially useful for all sorts of situations, like when you need to explain to the window cleaner that you don't know if you paid him or not.
Emma Donoghue