The Japanese have different words for love. To them, it's plain weird that we love spaghetti and love our children and love our lovers, all with the same word, when surely the thing being described as love is radically different in each case. Samantha Harvey casechildjapanese share on social
The past is open to all sorts of magical possibilities because it can't be verified. It's as we make it, so it seems to be entirely free. It seems to be completely up for grabs. But of course it's not. Samantha Harvey completelyfreegrab share on social
Being published is a bit like being entered into a race you don't even want to run, but, once running, can't help but not want to lose. Samantha Harvey biteenterlose Change image and share on social
Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character? Samantha Harvey beliefcharacterexecute share on social
One of the things the novel can do is address big questions in ways that are accessible to people. It's not that I want to teach people, but these are the things that interest me, and this is my medium for exploring ideas, and I think the potential of novels to do that is massive. Samantha Harvey accessibleaddressbig share on social
My sister is my sister regardless - has always been and always will be and has no choice about it. This is a love quite distinct from that of a lover, with whom we fall in love, in part, because they are free and have a choice. Samantha Harvey choicedistinctfall share on social
I think we often live at a surface level, and that ends up with us in a lot of difficulty because we just function on assumptions and secondhand knowledge. Samantha Harvey assumptiondifficultyend Change image and share on social
One of the most unsettling things about 'Monologue' is its long silences, in which the man sits alone, staring into the middle distance, without grip of his narrative, lost to the past. Samantha Harvey distancegriplong Change image and share on social
I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for 'The Wilderness' and try to be confident and not overwhelmed by it. Samantha Harvey complimentconfidentdecision Change image and share on social
It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance. Samantha Harvey balancedifficultfemale Change image and share on social
