Top 39 Quotes by Emma Donoghue

About Emma Donoghue

These are some quotes by Irish author Emma Donoghue Playwright, who was born on October 24, 1969.

I'm constantly saying, 'I read a fascinating article in 'The New Yorker'... ' I say it so often that sometimes I think I have nothing interesting to say myself, I merely regurgitate 'The New Yorker.'

I'm constantly saying, 'I read a fascinating article in 'The New Yorker'... ' I say it so often that sometimes I think I have nothing interesting to say myself, I merely regurgitate 'The New Yorker.'

Emma Donoghue

The way to my heart is through Belgian milk chocolate.

The way to my heart is through Belgian milk chocolate.

Emma Donoghue

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 you're trying to summarize something for your 1-year-old, you put it in very simple terms. You only gradually complicate the explanation as they get older.

Emma Donoghue

I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way.

I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way.

Emma Donoghue

I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.'

I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.'

Emma Donoghue

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 verities, they are part of how we help kids make sense of the world.

Emma Donoghue

Ah yes, the paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it's killing off the chance of another reader happening across our book in the ideal state of innocence.

Ah yes, the paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it's killing off the chance of another reader happening across our book in the ideal state of innocence.

Emma Donoghue

I hate desks; they make me feel like a child doing homework.

I hate desks; they make me feel like a child doing homework.

Emma Donoghue

A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.

A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.

Emma Donoghue

I read three books a week.

I read three books a week.

Emma Donoghue

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