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
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
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
There is something very easy about women's friendships that you don't see as often with men. We all know examples of this,… — Laurie Graham About Copy Share Image
Sorry, I don't do castles. I hate those winding turret stairs. — Laurie Graham Castles 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 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
Caring burns a lot of fuel - psychological and physical, too, if any lifting is involved. The energy tank is soon emptied,… — Laurie Graham Any 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
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
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
I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists… — Laurie Graham Admitted Copy Share Image
I almost always use first person voice in my novels. It has its limitations, but it gives a sense of immediacy that's… — Laurie Graham Almost Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to travel widely. When you're based in Europe, it's very easy to go to Madrid or Budapest for… — Laurie Graham Also 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I hate to think I ever make my husband frightened or unhappy, but I suspect I do. — Laurie Graham Ever Copy Share Image
I speak pretty fluent American, though I do so with a strong British accent, and I love America: The scale and the… — Laurie Graham Accent 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
