Identity politics are wearisome; you don’t want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
You know the way there are two kinds of actors – the De Niro kind who’s always De Niro, and then somebody like Daniel Day-Lewis, who transforms himself eerily? Well, I aim to be the Daniel Day-Lewis kind of writer. I don’t have a house style. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
I remember a period where my publisher said to me, ‘Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.’ Emma Donoghue Read Quote
I would say I have sort of a natural gift for character, and following one person’s point of view at a time, and dialogue, but I’m not naturally good at strong plot. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
I’m named after Jane Austen’s Emma, and I’ve always been able to relate to her. She’s strong, confident but quite tactless. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
I’m not at all snobby about book prizes and how they pollute the world of literature. Just like with the Olympics, a little bit of competition gets people truly engrossed in the business of literature. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
You know, plenty of people headed off to Canada or America on the basis of government information, propaganda campaigns. Often you’d go off with a brochure in hand and you’d turn up and it wouldn’t be like that at all. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
