The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
In the publishing world, most editors are probably women. So I don't see the publishing world as a male-dominated one, especially within… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think I know what it's like to have a family that the outside world sees as peculiar or lacking. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I tend to be so lost in the work that I don't notice the weather. My partner will come home and say,… — 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
Kids delight in 'magical thinking', whether in the form of the Tooth Fairy or the saints: whether you see these as comforting… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Now that I've got a way in [to the industry] - because it can feel a bit like, "How can I possibly… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time...I don't know how persons with jobs do the… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
We're standing on the deck that's all wooden like the deck of a ship. There's fuzz on it, little bundles. Grandma says… — 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
“In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time. Even Grandma often says that, but she and… — 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