Writers aren't like plumbers. If you're a plumber, you fix one person's boiler in the morning, then you go and fix another in the afternoon. I didn't want to write a book unless I had something new to say -… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share Image
Mr. Donald Trump talking about the US Mexican border, he's not doing anything new or unusual. It's something that's very much in the air… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share Image
I actually think history doesn't repeat itself. There are recurrent themes, but they're repeated with variations. Each time there's an immigration crisis, a threat… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share Image
Writers aren't like plumbers. If you're a plumber, you fix one person's boiler in the morning, then you go and fix another in the… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share Image
Whereas if you're a reader, you can enter other people's minds, you can be in direct contact with people who may have lived hundreds… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share Image
I think you learn how to write by reading an enormous amount, so then your memory is stocked with various constructions, various ways of… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share Image
I think there's a very fundamental urge to create a safe space, a home; most animals have that impulse, and humans certainly do -… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share Image
