--- title: "1 Writer Thinks Quotes By Emma Healey" description: "1 Writer Thinks quotes by Emma Healey. Plus more from Emma Healey and more Writer Thinks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/emma-healey-14595_always_i-m-not-a-writer-who-thinks-about-writin_2102273.jpg" --- > [I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-m-not-a-writer-who-thinks-about-writing-only-for-themselves-i-do/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/emma-healey-14595_always_i-m-not-a-writer-who-thinks-about-writin_2102273.jpg) ## More by Emma Healey > [People always want to give you advice about parenting. People who you've never met before will tell you you're doing something wrong. And it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/people-always-want-to-give-you-advice-about-parenting-people-who-you/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [I used to say I wasn't interested in writing about characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-used-to-say-i-wasn-t-interested-in-writing-about-characters/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [I can trace my interest in modern classics to the summer before art college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-can-trace-my-interest-in-modern-classics-to-the-summer-before-art/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [I was a 20-something woman living in London and didn't want to write about a 20-something woman living in London! It's an area well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-was-a-20-something-woman-living-in-london-and-didn-t-want-to-write/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [While I was writing 'Elizabeth Is Missing' and struggling with the intricacies of the plot, I told myself the next book would be really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/while-i-was-writing-elizabeth-is-missing-and-struggling-with-the/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [I feel like Mills and Boon saved my life. It was a way of not living. I read a lot of other books as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-feel-like-mills-and-boon-saved-my-life-it-was-a-way-of-not-living-i/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [I've been surprised that 'Elizabeth is Missing' has been so well received as a crime book. I love mystery stories, and that is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-ve-been-surprised-that-elizabeth-is-missing-has-been-so-well/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [When I was writing my first novel, 'Elizabeth is Missing,' I was writing the only novel I had ever written and writing about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/when-i-was-writing-my-first-novel-elizabeth-is-missing-i-was-writing/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [“My reflection always gives me a shock. I never really believed I would age, and certainly not like this.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/my-reflection-always-gives-me-a-shock-i-never-really-believed-i-would/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [Sometimes people ask, 'If you'd never had a reader, would you carry on writing?' No.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/sometimes-people-ask-if-you-d-never-had-a-reader-would-you-carry-on/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [I spend a ridiculous amount on pots, lilacs, and alliums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-spend-a-ridiculous-amount-on-pots-lilacs-and-alliums/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [Several members of my family have, or have had, one form of dementia or another. I really wanted to explore what it might like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/several-members-of-my-family-have-or-have-had-one-form-of-dementia-or/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [I love writing dialogue - it's when I really lose myself in my work. I love reading it, too, when it's good and rings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-love-writing-dialogue-it-s-when-i-really-lose-myself-in-my-work-i/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [I think I'm too scatty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-think-i-m-too-scatty/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) > [When you are in the midst of writing a book, I think it is important to touch base every day. If I wasn't writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/when-you-are-in-the-midst-of-writing-a-book-i-think-it-is-important/) [Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer-thinks/emma-healey/#itemlist", "name": "1 Writer Thinks Quotes By Emma Healey", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emma Healey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-m-not-a-writer-who-thinks-about-writing-only-for-themselves-i-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/emma-healey-14595_always_i-m-not-a-writer-who-thinks-about-writin_2102273.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/emma-healey-14595_always_i-m-not-a-writer-who-thinks-about-writin_2102273.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/emma-healey-14595_always_i-m-not-a-writer-who-thinks-about-writin_2102273.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind.” — Emma Healey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer-thinks/emma-healey/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer-thinks/emma-healey/", "name": "Writer Thinks Quotes by Emma Healey", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer-thinks/emma-healey/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/emma-healey-14595_always_i-m-not-a-writer-who-thinks-about-writin_2102273.jpg" }, "description": "1 Writer Thinks quotes by Emma Healey. 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