I hate to think I ever make my husband frightened or unhappy, but I suspect I do. — Laurie Graham Ever Copy Share Image
Sorry, I don't do castles. I hate those winding turret stairs. — Laurie Graham Castles Copy Share Image
My research process doesn't vary much. I do a little reading to establish a timeline and decide how I'm going to approach… — Laurie Graham Approach Copy Share Image
I've never minded solitude. For a writer, it's a natural condition. But caring for a dementia sufferer leads to a peculiar kind… — Laurie Graham Caring Copy Share Image
None of us wants to be reminded that dementia is random, relentless, and frighteningly common. — Laurie Graham Common Copy Share Image
I have a magpie mind, by which I mean I see and hear little things - photos, fragments of conversation - and… — Laurie Graham Away Copy Share Image
My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I… — Laurie Graham Always Copy Share Image
I'd like to see my grandchildren climb trees, not stand under them. I'd like to see them learn to make bread and… — Laurie Graham Bread Copy Share Image
I know my parents loved me - they certainly did everything they could for me - but displays of affection were kept… — Laurie Graham Affection Copy Share Image
When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad's car. — Laurie Graham Car Copy Share Image
The word 'carer' makes me think of someone with a nylon overall and a long list of 'clients' to wash before she… — Laurie Graham Before Copy Share Image
I think my mother was baffled by me. We were polar opposites. She was shy and retiring. I was over-fond of the… — Laurie Graham Baffled Copy Share Image
As well as writing novels and doing short-order journalism, I am also the full-time carer of my husband, who has Alzheimer's. Each… — Laurie Graham Also Copy Share Image
As one ages, eventually, no matter what regime you've followed, no matter how fiercely you've fought the fight, good health becomes harder… — Laurie Graham Ages Copy Share Image
My husband is leaving me. No dramas, no slammed doors - well, OK, a few slammed doors - and no suitcase in… — Laurie Graham Another Copy Share Image
Characters develop as the book progresses, but any that start to bore me end up in the wastepaper basket. In real life,… — Laurie Graham Any Copy Share Image
My mother was a fastidious and orderly homemaker. I was the messy but creative type. I picture her following behind me through… — Laurie Graham Air Copy Share Image
My husband is stricken with dementia, and it's a trick of his condition that events and people from his past are more… — Laurie Graham Condition Copy Share Image
In the Seventies, my children played in the street, read politically incorrect stories, ate home-cooked food and occasional junk and, yes, were… — Laurie Graham Ate Copy Share Image
People invade your space and offend your sensibilities because, to be plain, they couldn't care less about you. — Laurie Graham About Copy Share Image
Far more than dreading ending up in a care home myself, I dread having to put my husband in one. — Laurie Graham Care Copy Share Image
Times may have changed, but there are some things that are always with us - loneliness is one of them. — Laurie Graham Always Copy Share Image
Sundown is often the worst time of day for people with dementia. They can become restless and difficult. — Laurie Graham Become Copy Share Image
I'm married to an American, and although we live in Europe, I think of myself as an honorary American. — Laurie Graham Although Copy Share Image
I've always jealously guarded my feminine mystique. I've been married twice, and neither of my husbands has ever seen me put my… — Laurie Graham Always Copy Share Image
In grief, after even the happiest of relationships, we go over things again and again. — Laurie Graham After Copy Share Image
I'm married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about. — Laurie Graham About Copy Share Image
I have but one rule at my table. You may leave your cabbage, but you'll sit still and behave until I've eaten… — Laurie Graham Behave Copy Share Image
Not so very long ago, certainly well into the Thirties, a lady companion was a normal feature of life for widows or… — Laurie Graham Certainly Copy Share Image
Dementia is quite unlike cancer or heart disease or any of those other conditions where you bargain with God for a cure… — Laurie Graham Any Copy Share Image
My go-to author for knowing it all is Evelyn Waugh. 'A Handful of Dust' is as perfect as a book can get. — Laurie Graham Author Copy Share Image
It was the Victorians who covered the piano legs and drew a heavy curtain over what a lady got up to in… — Laurie Graham Covered Copy Share Image
Being eye candy always was a short-term career, and here's the reason. The world finds young women more attractive than old women… — Laurie Graham Always Copy Share Image
With Alzheimer's, recent memory is affected first. At the start, you count the memory loss in days, then hours - then in… — Laurie Graham Affected Copy Share Image
My early novels were very understated and English. Fourteen years ago, I met and married my American husband, and as I learned… — Laurie Graham About Copy Share Image
I have an idea for a story, and if the idea is going to work, then one of the characters steps forward,… — Laurie Graham Books Copy Share Image
Once, every woman owned a small mirrored compact, and it was considered normal - sophisticated even - to flip it open to… — Laurie Graham Check Copy Share Image
Childhood doesn't have to be perfect, and children don't have to be beautiful. From a bit of grit may grow a pearl,… — Laurie Graham Beautiful Copy Share Image
The terror dementia sufferers must feel is unimaginable, but the techniques they use to hide their difficulties - the ducking and diving… — Laurie Graham Comedy Copy Share Image
