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39 quotes by Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-born playwright, literary historian and novelist now living in Canada. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction.
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Every parent has those moments where they look at their child and think, 'There's a demon in those eyes and no one can see it but me!'

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I tend to be so lost in the work that I don't notice the weather. My partner will come home and say, 'Beautiful day, wasn't it?' and... →

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The way to my heart is through Belgian milk chocolate.

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You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just lets you get on with it.

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Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I've had them, I realize you almost lie to them by definition, because if... →

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For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll... →

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You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well.

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I'm a huge planner, more and more so as the years go by.

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I'm finding that success is way more time-consuming than failure ever was.

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There's no neutral language about travel. Either travel is described in ways that make it sound kind of shallow or just glossy or silly or a way... →

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One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on... →

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Kids delight in 'magical thinking', whether in the form of the Tooth Fairy or the saints: whether you see these as comforting lies or eternal... →

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I come out of an academic background, and I'm aware that what I'm doing is simultaneously research and fiction. I want to meet both those... →

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