Top 26 Quotes by Sarah Waters

I've ended up feeling fonder of 'The Paying Guests' than of any of my other novels.

My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service.

All I can do is write about whatever grabs me.

I've never managed to get very far with Henry James.

I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer.

I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day.

My story is the story of many postwar British families. Upward mobility. A council house and then new affluence.

I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and the freedom to go into a world of my own.

My nan was a nursery maid. Most people weren't in big houses. They were maids of all work.

I was mad about the theatre growing up, really mad. We had a local theatre, the Torch, and I used to usher there. I would see the shows over and over again.