I plot the first 5 or 6 chapters quite minutely, and also the end. So I know where I am going but not how I'm going to get there, which gives characters the chance to develop organically, as happens in… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey. — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“Finding the home had been dispiriting at best. And the best had been only very occasional. She had been appalled, and alarmed, by most… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that. — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it! — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“She trusted her instincts; she trusted those dear to her; she trusted her emotions and her passions. She drank deep, you could see that;… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
All TV can do is capture the spirit of a book because the medium is so utterly different. But I'm very grateful for the… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
I don't need to marry again. I've been married twice, and I love it when it works, but these days we live until we're… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“You’re stuck with yourself, so you might as well try and be someone you can stand to live with.” — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“We all overlay our feelings with too much thinking. We are afraid of our feelings because they are arbitrary and volatile, and we often… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
