I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
So much as I enjoy big novels of epic sweep, I often find, say, if they follow several generations, by the third… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I have never been depressed or thrown a plate, which I attribute to the cathartic effects of writing books about people whose… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
If you have written something that the film people want, like a book, it does give you a way in. — 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
Feminism is still one of those taboo words, so hardly anybody talks about it. People usually go gender-neutral and say the book… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
You know, plenty of people headed off to Canada or America on the basis of government information, propaganda campaigns. Often you'd go… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
There's no neutral language about travel. Either travel is described in ways that make it sound kind of shallow or just glossy… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I'm very keen. Adaptations of other people's work, too. I got fascinated by the adaptation process, so I think that'd be a… — 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
I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think… — 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
At the door, there was one of those moment when two people realize that they like each other more than they know… — 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 think the only difference between me and other people is that when I hear of an interesting historical incident, I immediately… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
There are so many examples today of how the kind of wonderful zealousness and unquestioning loyalty of young people can be harnessed… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in how idealistic young people can get caught up in all sorts of systems of extreme belief, you know,… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I say "on principle" [regarding 'lesbian writer'] because whenever you get one of your minority labels applied, like "Irish Writer," "Canadian Writer,"… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
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 Image
“When I was as young as you are now I learned how to save my own life.” — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“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 Image
I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“I looked in my mirror and saw, not myself, but every place I'd never been.” — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
![“Feminism is still one of those taboo words, so hardly anybody talks about it. People usually go gender-neutral and say the book and film [Room] are about "the triumph of the human spirit.” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8a1/emma-donoghue-1499_book_feminism-is-still-one-of-those-taboo-wor_2879181.jpg)
![“I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think were quite right for it. And I didn't want a bad film to be made of the book, either a sentimental one or a creepy one, so I did a lot of, "No thank you." Then when the right filmmaker came along, yes…” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d91/emma-donoghue-1499_book_i-needed-to-do-a-lot-of-saying-no-i-had_1728911.jpg)
![“The film world is far more male-dominated. I mean, the numbers are staggering at the level of how many people on set there are, and almost all the trades in film, there's a lot more men. So I can see without anyone intending to be biased [that] we have kind of a collective choosing of men's…” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aa8/emma-donoghue-1499_biased_the-film-world-is-far-more-male-dominate_1521089.jpg)
![“I say "on principle" [regarding 'lesbian writer'] because whenever you get one of your minority labels applied, like "Irish Writer," "Canadian Writer," "Woman Writer," "Lesbian Writer" - any of those categories - you always slightly wince because you're afraid that people will think that means…” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a69/emma-donoghue-1499_canada_i-say-on-principle-regarding-lesbian-wri_3102220.jpg)
