...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think there are few films out there that take motherhood seriously. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think I know what it's like to have a family that the outside world sees as peculiar or lacking. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Seriously, I think what all the puzzling over parenthood I had to do to write [a novel] ROOM taught me is that… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I think there's a lack of ambition in me. But then sometimes, I think, no, you can, like William Blake said,… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
When I tell her what I’m thinking and she tells me what she’s thinking, our each ideas jumping into the other’s head,… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think I read Susan Brownmiller's classic book called "Femininity" when I was about 16. So yeah, it's been part of my… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think ultimately the film 'Room' is a kind of hymn to motherhood and to the everyday heroism of parents who find… — 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 actually tried to think of the story [Room] in gender-neutral terms at first and said to myself, "OK, would this work… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Kids delight in 'magical thinking', whether in the form of the Tooth Fairy or the saints: whether you see these as comforting… — 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
Something we do know is that review coverage does go to male authors more than women authors. That's a fact. I think… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think sometimes the way to preserve the magic of a book is to throw it away - meaning, not to cling… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Every parent has those moments where they look at their child and think, 'There's a demon in those eyes and no one… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I must say, in the case of "Room," both the book and the film, I don't think being a lesbian author held… — 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
I think about Old Nick carrying me into the truck, I'm dizzy like I'm going to fall down. "Scared is what you're… — 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
![“Seriously, I think what all the puzzling over parenthood I had to do to write [a novel] ROOM taught me is that children can thrive in a remarkable range of situations.” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ad/emma-donoghue-1499_children_seriously-i-think-what-all-the-puzzling_2099691.jpg)
![“I actually tried to think of the story [Room] in gender-neutral terms at first and said to myself, "OK, would this work if it were a man?" Well no, you can't make a man pregnant, so it's got to be a woman.” quote by Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4e5/emma-donoghue-1499_firsts_i-actually-tried-to-think-of-the-story-r_415884.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)
![“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)
