What writing ROOM taught me was that I know exactly how to be the perfect mother, but I'm not willing to do… — 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
“In Room me and Ma had time for everything. I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the… — 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
“she feels that surge of warmth, and this time she remembers what it means: not love but piss. Or the love that's… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time...I don't know how persons with jobs do the… — 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 look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“I may have had moments of regret in my life, but you know, they wouldn't add up to an hour.” — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“Well, they don’t make their music just to pass the time,” says Jenny, grinning. “Got to want something to sing about it,… — 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 would say I have sort of a natural gift for character, and following one person's point of view at a time,… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“I have tried to use memory and invention together, like two hands engaged in the same muddy work of digging up the… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Kissing a witch is a perilous business. Everybody knows it's ten times as dangerous as letting her touch your hand, or cut… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“In the year 1752 it was announced that the second of September would be followed by the fourteenth. The matter was merely… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Me and Ma have a deal, we're going to try everything one time so we know what we like. — 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
“No point my telling you he's not worth it, I suppose. . . I've seen enough men in my time. Whoever he… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“I'd love to watch TV all the time, but it rots our brains. Before I came down from Heaven Ma left it… — 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
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
