Top 42 Quotes by Sara Sheridan

About Sara Sheridan

These are some quotes by Scottish author Sara Sheridan Writer, who was born on June 7, 1968.

I wanted to find something I could do at home. I sat down with a friend and made a list of all the things I could try, and one of them was writing a novel.

I wanted to find something I could do at home. I sat down with a friend and made a list of all the things I could try, and one of them was writing a novel.

Sara Sheridan

Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work again, or so the myth goes.

Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work again, or so the myth goes.

Sara Sheridan

I'm unique - a cosmopolitan mix.

I'm unique - a cosmopolitan mix.

Sara Sheridan

The digital revolution has wrest a little control away from corporate publishers and white, male, middle-aged critics, but the financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession.

Sara Sheridan

I once did an event with Ian Rankin where he said he didn't really need to do much background research because his books are set in the present, and I just thought: 'You lucky, lucky beast!' because as a historical novelist, I live constantly on the edge of wondering whether tissues had been invented.

Sara Sheridan

I write fast. I'm one of the lucky ones.

I write fast. I'm one of the lucky ones.

Sara Sheridan

There are so many ways to do research - even watching old Ealing comedies, watching people getting on and off buses in London, looking at household interiors.

There are so many ways to do research - even watching old Ealing comedies, watching people getting on and off buses in London, looking at household interiors.

Sara Sheridan

One of the great things about the Fifties is there are so many secrets - people who've come back from the war and done these terrible things that they don't want to think about, or can't say what they did because they signed the Official Secrets Act.

Sara Sheridan

I'm grateful that I've enjoyed the support of libraries, bookshops and institutional funders.

I'm grateful that I've enjoyed the support of libraries, bookshops and institutional funders.

Sara Sheridan

Writers are a product of where we come from, but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find ways to change and hopefully improve it.

Writers are a product of where we come from, but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find ways to change and hopefully improve it.

Sara Sheridan

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