I don't really do jolly. I don't know why, I just don't. Susan Hill jolly Change image and share on social
Every reader re-creates a novel - in their own imagination, anyway. It's only entirely the writer's when nobody else has read it. Susan Hill createimaginationread Change image and share on social
I don't understand it when people get cross about how one of their works was adapted and say, 'Oh, they ruined it!' Well, the book is still there. Susan Hill adaptbookcross Change image and share on social
In another life I would be a medievalist. I loved Chaucer, far more than Shakespeare. Susan Hill chaucerlifelove Change image and share on social
A lot of writers want everything put on screen, but it doesn't work like that. The screenwriter brings her own imaginative interpretation, just as the director and actors do. Susan Hill actorbringdirector Change image and share on social
Love has an enormous number of connotations, and if somebody is a person who does kind acts as a way of life, if they are generally disposed to being caring and loving and doing things for other people, then kindness is a much stronger word than we make it out to be. Susan Hill actcareconnotation share on social
If you were writing a short ghost story, I would say start very quietly and go, 'One, two, three jump.' Or start with a jump and make it jumpier. But with a long story, it must have rises and falls. Susan Hill fallghostjump Change image and share on social
Theology is endlessly interesting in that you can study it without believing in anything. I do believe, but you don't have to. I got very caught up in the 11th-century monasticism and the Cistercians. My dissertation was about Aelred of Rievaulx and one of his books. Susan Hill 11thaelrbelieve share on social
Without turning prison life into something more meaningful, prisoners are more likely to reoffend. Susan Hill lifemeaningfulprison Change image and share on social
