Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
When people write to me with stories, they are never ones that work for me. There's something mysterious about which ones catch… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I actually tried to think of the story [Room] in gender-neutral terms at first and said to myself, "OK, would this work… — 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
I was not exploiting any real individual's story in writing ROOM, of course I was aware that my novel, by commenting on… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I read a lot of social history. If I'm in an art gallery and a picture intrigues me, I immediately write down… — 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
I've been in a long and happy relationship for 22 years and it's never inspired me to write anything. It's too good… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The film world is far more male-dominated. I mean, the numbers are staggering at the level of how many people on set… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
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… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in… — 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
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