Sara Sheridan Quotes

The law don't like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble.

I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.

Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

It is one of the benchmarks of a culture I always think – the page at which it operates. A good way to measure it is to order a taxi and see how irate local people get if it is late.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.

A book is a story, even if it's non-fiction, and once I've read it, I have the story with me inside my head always.

Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.

A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.

Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find ways to change and hopefully improve it.

For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're famous for travelling in search of adventure.

I care about a lot of issues. I care about libraries, I care about healthcare, I care about homelessness and unemployment. I care about net neutrality and the steady erosion of our liberties both online and off. I care about the rich/poor divide and the rise of corporate business.

Sometimes I create a character from a scrap - a mere mention that has been left behind.