I’m really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
I have never been depressed or thrown a plate, which I attribute to the cathartic effects of writing books about people whose lives are more grueling than mine. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I’ve finished it because I lived in a housing co-op at Cambridge and had no space to keep books. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
I love it when novels contain a broad cast of characters, including queer ones. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
There’s no neutral language about travel. Either travel is described in ways that make it sound kind of shallow or just glossy or silly or a way for rich people to spend their time; or else travel is often described in quite derogatory ways, you know, like immigrants swarming across borders, for instance. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places. Emma Donoghue Read Quote
