At the end of the day, that's what a family is - a group of different people who accept each other. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“If the universe was scientific and just left to itself, then we’d have statistical probabilities to rely on. But once people are… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“You couldn’t predict what was going to happen for one simple reason: people.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Aunts offer kids an opportunity to try out ideas that don't chime with their parents and they also demonstrate that people can… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I didn't expect to love being online as much as I do. I've met some wonderful people and discovered that however arcane… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
How lucky am I? Quite often I speak at book festivals, and people ask me how I got published. There's people who… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“People are so different in wartime. No one gets to be ordinary. Not really.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the Fifties is there are so many secrets - people who've come back from the war… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
It is one of the benchmarks of a culture I always think – the page at which it operates. A good way… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Let's be clear - for people like me, who are obsessed with story and for whom words are their medium, writing is… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Very often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
If we don't value the people who inspire us (and money is one mark of that) then what kind of culture are… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I realized early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. Because there are no pay grades and very little… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“People who inspire such contradictory emotions must be worthwhile, I reasoned.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
People were consuming on average less calories after the war than during the war. Things were still very tough. If you look… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The new contract between writers and readers is one I'm prepared to sign up to. I've met some fascinating people at events… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
There are so many ways to do research - even watching old Ealing comedies, watching people getting on and off buses in… — 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
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
