“My best writing happens when I’m fighting to produce it.” — Amaya Ellman Amaya-ellman Copy Share Image
“If I don't stay in and write, I feel like a prisoner.” — Amaya Ellman Being-a-writer Copy Share Image
“I live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind. They stole my heart.” — Amaya Ellman Amaya-ellman Copy Share Image
“Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends – sorry, I meant characters.” — Amaya Ellman Amaya-ellman Copy Share Image
“You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others.” — Amaya Ellman Lesson Copy Share Image
“Please, never tell me what 'horror erotica' is. Real #art is being lost in a bizarre swamp of over-processed, sexually exploitative garbage.” — Amaya Ellman Art Copy Share Image
“Writing is just building a new world – one character, one place, one maniac at a time.” — Amaya Ellman Fiction Copy Share Image
“Creativity is as much about order against freedom; control versus rebellion; organisation against disorder as it is about straightforward imagination.” — Amaya Ellman Creative process Copy Share Image
“Disorder, disobedience & rule breaking are features of all my stories.” — Amaya Ellman Break-rules Copy Share Image
“Where’s your dog?’ I ask quickly. ‘Dawn said you had a dog. Let’s take the dog out.’ ‘There ain’t no dog,’ replies… — Amaya Ellman Calm-before-the-storm Copy Share Image
“Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.” — Amaya Ellman Amaya-ellman Copy Share Image
“Dawn cackles as she guides me through the all-glass porch. Thinner, paler Reina shuffles about behind Dawn, watching as I slip my… — Amaya Ellman Amaya-ellman Copy Share Image
