In England, rain was thin and cold, and made you hunch up inside your coat, walking home from the bus stop. In Jamaica, it was wide and thick and invited you to step into it, and see how wet you… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
I think if you write about human relationships, you're always exploring the psyche and the soul. I don't separate certain - perhaps more extreme… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
I've always thought it was important not to attach too much superstition to the space where you're writing, because once you get into the… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
My father is from Jamaica, and as a child I spent many holidays there. I remember the weight and drenching wetness of that hot… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
I don't eat when I'm working. If I start to fridge-raid, I'm in trouble. — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
Remove all the traffic lights, yellow lines, one-way systems and road markings, and let blissful anarchy prevail. I imagine it would produce a kind… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
Our minds and memories are crowded with the common experience of nature. — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration. — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
I like to come into my workspace and feel it's a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
We feel the pull of nature very strongly, relating - even unknowingly - feeling in ourselves to bulbs being stirred in frozen ground, or… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
