When you are in the midst of writing a book, I think it is important to touch base every day. If I wasn’t writing something, I would be reading back what I’d already written. I did take a month off writing at one point and found it really difficult to get back into the world I’d created. Emma Healey Read Quote
I found ‘The Face Of Another’ by Kobo Abe disappointing despite the excellent, gothic premise: a man who’s terrible facial scarring leads him to create a perfect mask. Emma Healey Read Quote
I tried to help a shirtless man who was being arrested in Starbucks. He obviously wasn’t right in the head, but the police thought I was trying to make things worse. Emma Healey Read Quote
I’m not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind. Emma Healey Read Quote
When I was very small, I loved ‘Meg And Mog’ by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski. I had all the books and remember going to see the theatre production. Emma Healey Read Quote
Ann Radcliffe was an early influence; I devoured her books while I should have been studying for my GCSEs. Emma Healey Read Quote
Penelope Fitzgerald never fails to surprise: her language is clever and elegant, her settings are unusual, her characters are unpredictable, and I am always caught out by a line or moment which makes me laugh out loud. Emma Healey Read Quote
I love writing dialogue – it’s when I really lose myself in my work. I love reading it, too, when it’s good and rings true. Emma Healey Read Quote
