The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Occasionally a particular word or phrase in a letter or diary has sparked an entire plot - like an echo from history,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“People who inspire such contradictory emotions must be worthwhile, I reasoned.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“It's entirely possible to base an entire book on a long-forgotten letter.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“It’s not until you’re older that you realise how important the things that happened to you when you were a kid are.… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Our business is communication oftentimes through the medium of stories but our capacity has a far greater scope - to entertain certainly,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“In the industry, trying out new genres is not always encouraged but what I've discovered is that as a writer, a jaunt… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I thought of myself mixing the fragrance of a certain day – the heavy musk of the hillside after the rain with… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked in the… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
