The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side. Emma Donoghue glancinglygreatlife Change image and share on social
I'm finding that success is way more time-consuming than failure ever was. Emma Donoghue consumefailurefind Change image and share on social
You know the way there are two kinds of actors - the De Niro kind who's always De Niro, and then somebody like Daniel Day-Lewis, who transforms himself eerily? Well, I aim to be the Daniel Day-Lewis kind of writer. I don't have a house style. Emma Donoghue actoraimdaniel share on social
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 I'll say, 'Was it?' as I won't have noticed the real world at all. Emma Donoghue beautifuldayhome Change image and share on social
You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well. Emma Donoghue aimliterarypossibly Change image and share on social
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. Emma Donoghue childhoodhappylet Change image and share on social
It's painful to consider anything but writing. Emma Donoghue painfulwrite Change image and share on social
Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent. Emma Donoghue idealparent Change image and share on social
Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer. Emma Donoghue groupidentitypolitic Change image and share on social
I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I've finished it because I lived in a housing co-op at Cambridge and had no space to keep books. Emma Donoghue bookcambridgefinish Change image and share on social
