Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The digital revolution has wrest a little control away from corporate publishers and white, male, middle-aged critics, but the financial value put… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Writing is a profession that has no real career structure and your best advice when you hit a difficulty is probably going… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“In the industry, trying out new genres is not always encouraged but what I've discovered is that as a writer, a jaunt… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you've heard is true.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I hope that, whatever happens within the publishing industry, because of the increased control writers have of their own careers, better sales… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrian's Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Mirabelle and Vesta have plenty in common because they are facing descrimination in different ways, but they're also a nice contrast.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I realised early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Like good reading skills, good writing skills require immersion and imaginative engagement.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“It's entirely possible to base an entire book on a long-forgotten letter.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“You've got to make an effort to get the details right, because even through someone picks it up and knows it's a… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Let's be clear - for people like me, who are obsessed with story and for whom words are their medium, writing is… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked in the… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
