“I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“You've got to make an effort to get the details right, because even through someone picks it up and knows it's a… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“One of my favourite parts of writing is doing the research. It's the door into that magical reading/writing state - the raw… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“As a novelist it is my job to tell stories that inspire and entertain but I am increasingly mindful that many of… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“While what I write is always largely consistent with the records that remain I freely admit that where historical fact proves a… — 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
