When you are young you don't always realise how full of doubts everybody is. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes doubt full realise
I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing. Helen Dunmore earlyhugeinfluence Change image and share on social
Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face is also a door which opens, I hope, to take the reader deep into the book. Helen Dunmore bookboxdeep Change image and share on social
The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it. Helen Dunmore alivebeardull Change image and share on social
My grandma actually put me in girdles when I was around nine or ten because I had hips even then, and she didn't want boys to be attracted to me. Having hips meant you were a full-grown woman, and I was too young for that. Coco Austin attractboyfull share on social
I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done. I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking it on. Over the years, I realise I must enjoy walking that edge; I keep doing it. Mark Harmon attractcharacteredge share on social
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. Isaac Bashevis Singer doubtdoubterpart Change image and share on social
