Sadie Jones (born 1967) is an English writer and novelist. Read full biography of Sadie Jones →
Remove all the traffic lights, yellow lines, one-way systems and road markings, and let blissful anarchy prevail. I imagine it would produce a kind... →
I've always thought it was important not to attach too much superstition to the space where you're writing, because once you get into the... →
Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
In England, rain was thin and cold, and made you hunch up inside your coat, walking home from the bus stop. In Jamaica, it was wide and thick and... →
Our minds and memories are crowded with the common experience of nature.
When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship.
I like to come into my workspace and feel it's a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the... →
You wouldn't know it, but I'm no good at recognising people; I have face blindness.
I love writing on trains. The joy of being a writer is it's all in your head; you don't need materials apart from the laptop. It's like... →
I think if you write about human relationships, you're always exploring the psyche and the soul. I don't separate certain - perhaps more... →
My father is from Jamaica, and as a child I spent many holidays there. I remember the weight and drenching wetness of that hot rain, as I experienced... →
I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I... →
I don't believe in regret.