The emotions, responsibilities - and the pain - of motherhood are unique to each of us with children. Ask any woman, and… — Fiona Barton Children Copy Share Image
When you start writing fiction, you have to learn to invent, and it's very hard at the beginning to stop relying on… — Fiona Barton Beginning Copy Share Image
For most of us, our protective lies or omissions are so insignificant that being found out would be only mildly embarrassing. But… — Fiona Barton Destroy Copy Share Image
As a journalist, your words are regularly read by lots of people, but they're not your words: they're someone else's. You're quoting… — Fiona Barton Journalist Copy Share Image
When you are a journalist, you are always looking for the next story. It might come from a phone call from a… — Fiona Barton Journalist Copy Share Image
Garrison Keillor's 'Lake Wobegon' books create a world I can immerse myself in over and over. I love the deadpan humour, the… — Fiona Barton Books Copy Share Image
The success of 'The Widow' meant there were expectations for the second book from the first word, and it has created a… — Fiona Barton Body Copy Share Image
I know I love a novel with an unreliable narrator, and I think many readers do as well. — Fiona Barton Books Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've interviewed the victims, the guilty, the famous, the important, and the ordinary people affected by tragedy or good… — Fiona Barton Drama Copy Share Image
Yes, there are bad apples, but I do feel journalists do a good job, often in very difficult circumstances. — Fiona Barton Bad Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful experience to be reading a story and think you've got things all figured out, and then suddenly, it all… — Fiona Barton Experience Copy Share Image
A lot of people think journalists are criminals, and there are some who haven't helped us. But the media is essential for… — Fiona Barton Media Copy Share Image
The righting of historic wrongs has chimed with something fundamental in me since I was a young reader. I love the forensic… — Fiona Barton Books Copy Share Image
Since reading 'Sophie's Choice,' I have been haunted by the agonizing idea of choosing between two children. — Fiona Barton Children Copy Share Image
The unsaid is a powerful tool. It invites the reader into the narrative, filling in gaps, interpreting silences and half-finished sentences, and… — Fiona Barton Books Copy Share Image
“Sparkes plowed on. “And that’s just the university staff.” The joke fell to the ground, writhing. “Right,” the chief super said. “Okay,… — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
“Time did strange things in hospitals. Sometimes it stretched minutes into hours and sometimes it vanished altogether.” — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
We may like to pretend otherwise, but we all have thoughts we don't want anyone else to know, things we've done that… — Fiona Barton Change Copy Share Image
“The problem is that a secret takes on a life of its own over time.” — Fiona Barton Life Copy Share Image
“I realize that my memories...are like one of those home movies, where a jerky camera records slices of the action, then breaks… — Fiona Barton Cinema Copy Share Image
“Dangerous to think you know too much, sometimes, because who really knows someone else? You can scratch the skin, but you never… — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
The imagination is such as powerful tool: suggestion is all you need. People fill in gaps. — Fiona Barton Imagination Copy Share Image
“Addicts are brilliant liars, Inspector. They lie to themselves and then to everyone else. They’re in denial about their problem, and they… — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
