Sorry, I don't do castles. I hate those winding turret stairs. — Laurie Graham Castles Copy Share Image
I hate to think I ever make my husband frightened or unhappy, but I suspect I do. — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
Not so very long ago, certainly well into the Thirties, a lady companion was a normal feature of life for widows or… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
Dementia is quite unlike cancer or heart disease or any of those other conditions where you bargain with God for a cure… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
My go-to author for knowing it all is Evelyn Waugh. 'A Handful of Dust' is as perfect as a book can get. — Laurie Graham Author Copy Share Image
It was the Victorians who covered the piano legs and drew a heavy curtain over what a lady got up to in… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
In grief, after even the happiest of relationships, we go over things again and again. — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I'm married to an American, and although we live in Europe, I think of myself as an honorary American. — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I've always jealously guarded my feminine mystique. I've been married twice, and neither of my husbands has ever seen me put my… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I have but one rule at my table. You may leave your cabbage, but you'll sit still and behave until I've eaten… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
There is something very easy about women's friendships that you don't see as often with men. We all know examples of this,… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to travel widely. When you're based in Europe, it's very easy to go to Madrid or Budapest for… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
Personally, my interest in social history ends around 1959, by which time I was an adolescent. I've always attributed this to my… — Laurie Graham Adolescent Copy Share Image
I'm thankful my parents obliged me to live with the unvarnished truth: I might not have been a looker, but I was… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I almost always use first person voice in my novels. It has its limitations, but it gives a sense of immediacy that's… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
Even professional, paid carers aren't always models of saintly behaviour - and they know they can knock off at the end of… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
The thing about praising beauty is that good looks are an unforgiving task- master, a Forth Bridge of a maintenance job. The… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I'm married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about. — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
Sundown is often the worst time of day for people with dementia. They can become restless and difficult. — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
Far more than dreading ending up in a care home myself, I dread having to put my husband in one. — Laurie Graham Care Copy Share Image
Times may have changed, but there are some things that are always with us - loneliness is one of them. — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
In the Seventies, my children played in the street, read politically incorrect stories, ate home-cooked food and occasional junk and, yes, were… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad's car. — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
People invade your space and offend your sensibilities because, to be plain, they couldn't care less about you. — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I'd like to see my grandchildren climb trees, not stand under them. I'd like to see them learn to make bread and… — Laurie Graham Bread Copy Share Image
I know my parents loved me - they certainly did everything they could for me - but displays of affection were kept… — Laurie Graham Affection Copy Share Image
None of us wants to be reminded that dementia is random, relentless, and frighteningly common. — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I have a magpie mind, by which I mean I see and hear little things - photos, fragments of conversation - and… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
My research process doesn't vary much. I do a little reading to establish a timeline and decide how I'm going to approach… — Laurie Graham Approach Copy Share Image
I've never minded solitude. For a writer, it's a natural condition. But caring for a dementia sufferer leads to a peculiar kind… — Laurie Graham Caring Copy Share Image
I speak pretty fluent American, though I do so with a strong British accent, and I love America: The scale and the… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
Caring burns a lot of fuel - psychological and physical, too, if any lifting is involved. The energy tank is soon emptied,… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
My parents never told me I was beautiful, and for one very good reason. I wasn't. When your child is a tubby,… — Laurie Graham Beautiful Copy Share Image
Childhood doesn't have to be perfect, and children don't have to be beautiful. From a bit of grit may grow a pearl,… — Laurie Graham Beautiful Copy Share Image
Once, every woman owned a small mirrored compact, and it was considered normal - sophisticated even - to flip it open to… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I was fascinated by the culture clash between England and America in the 1950s. My first memories are of being a girl… — Laurie Graham America Copy Share Image
The terror dementia sufferers must feel is unimaginable, but the techniques they use to hide their difficulties - the ducking and diving… — Laurie Graham Comedy Copy Share Image
