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
I think you learn how to write by reading an enormous amount, so then your memory is stocked with various constructions, various ways of shaping a paragraph, shaping a chapter. — 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 and perhaps always has been. The Great Wall of China has been there for a great long time. People have always tried to keep foreigners out. There is a very natural desire, once you've got somewhere… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share
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 from outside which is met with inhospitable wall building, it's different. And I think it's helpful to notice the big patterns in history, but it's also important to pay attention to the details, which makes each… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share
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
