A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
If you have written something that the film people want, like a book, it does give you a way in. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I was anticipating that some readers might misread [the book] ROOM itself as a hymn to homeschooling. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I love it when novels contain a broad cast of characters, including queer ones. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I've always been religiously inclined, but it doesn't come up in most of my books. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
So much as I enjoy big novels of epic sweep, I often find, say, if they follow several generations, by the third… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I wrote the novel [Room], and then I thought, "This could work on film, and I want to be the one to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I've finished it because I lived in a housing… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Feminism is still one of those taboo words, so hardly anybody talks about it. People usually go gender-neutral and say the book… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think sometimes the way to preserve the magic of a book is to throw it away - meaning, not to cling… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I have never been depressed or thrown a plate, which I attribute to the cathartic effects of writing books about people whose… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I must say, in the case of "Room," both the book and the film, I don't think being a lesbian author held… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I'm not at all snobby about book prizes and how they pollute the world of literature. Just like with the Olympics, a… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I always wince a little bit when I send me to each of my new books. I wince at submitting myself to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Actually,the nightmarish thought occurred to me that with electronic delivery of books becoming a norm, soon writers may be expected to provide… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I was highly aware, in writing [the book] ROOM, that there are unsavoury aspects to our interest in such cases, and I… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“The worn soles of Daffy's boots skidded on the icy stones. He'd been saving up for a new pair for Christmas, but… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think I read Susan Brownmiller's classic book called "Femininity" when I was about 16. So yeah, it's been part of my… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Something we do know is that review coverage does go to male authors more than women authors. That's a fact. I think… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can't. In particular I need to know the structure of… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it's killing off the chance of another reader happening… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“Please," he added. "I meant to say, please. I've thought it all through. I've thought of nothing else. I haven't read a… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny,… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The Collector [John Fowles book] does such a good job of capturing the mindset of a capturer, and also that's become a… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I've had them, I realize you almost lie to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
What writing ROOM taught me was that I know exactly how to be the perfect mother, but I'm not willing to do it for… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They put me… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
At the door, there was one of those moment when two people realize that they like each other more than they know each other.… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
“In Room me and Ma had time for everything. I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
“I looked in my mirror and saw, not myself, but every place I'd never been.” — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
“I tell you frankly, Mrs. Damer, the more I see of different nations, the less sure I feel about the pre-eminence of my own.” — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
Actually,the nightmarish thought occurred to me that with electronic delivery of books becoming a norm, soon writers may be expected to provide several versions… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
![“I was anticipating that some readers might misread [the book] ROOM itself as a hymn to homeschooling.” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d46/emma-donoghue-1499_book_i-was-anticipating-that-some-readers-mig_3002248.png)
![“I wrote the novel [Room], and then I thought, "This could work on film, and I want to be the one to do it." So I went ahead and drafted it.” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c50/emma-donoghue-1499_books_i-wrote-the-novel-room-and-then-i-though_2090397.png)
![“Feminism is still one of those taboo words, so hardly anybody talks about it. People usually go gender-neutral and say the book and film [Room] are about "the triumph of the human spirit.” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8a1/emma-donoghue-1499_book_feminism-is-still-one-of-those-taboo-wor_2879181.png)
![“I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think were quite right for it. And I didn't want a bad film to be made of the book, either a sentimental one or a creepy one, so I did a lot of, "No thank you." Then when the right filmmaker came along, yes…” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d91/emma-donoghue-1499_book_i-needed-to-do-a-lot-of-saying-no-i-had_1728911.png)
![“I was highly aware, in writing [the book] ROOM, that there are unsavoury aspects to our interest in such cases, and I thought it was rather honester to include discussion of media representation in the novel itself than to cling to the high moral ground by merely avoiding scenes of voyeurism, for…” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6f1/emma-donoghue-1499_aspect_i-was-highly-aware-in-writing-the-book-r_2923060.png)
![“I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny, when the hell do I get some sleep?) and [the book] ROOM was the result.” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e27/emma-donoghue-1499_book_i-found-motherhood-a-crash-course-in-exi_3218778.png)
![“The Collector [John Fowles book] does such a good job of capturing the mindset of a capturer, and also that's become a banal trope of every second crime novel: the weirdo, fetishistic watcher/stalker/kidnapper/kidnapper of women or children.” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f45/emma-donoghue-1499_book_the-collector-john-fowles-book-does-such_1371330.png)
