It’s a slow process rewriting your own life in your head. I think that’s a writerly thing. Emma Healey Read Quote
Mark Haddon’s ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ was published while I was trying to work out how to write ‘Elizabeth Is Missing,’ and reading the story of that impaired amateur detective gave me the licence I needed to attempt one of my own. Emma Healey Read Quote
Like most new writers, I could only hope that one day one publisher might agree to publish one of my books; I couldn’t imagine several publishers all wanting to buy the first book I’d written. Emma Healey Read Quote
A boyfriend made me a hammock in Richmond Park once. That was lovely – although I ended up getting a tick on my stomach from the deer. Emma Healey Read Quote
The characters in a novel are made up, figments of the writer’s imagination. I’m sure this won’t come as a surprise to anyone, and it’s not surprising to me either, but knowing this, feeling this, definitely made writing my second book harder. Emma Healey Read Quote
I spent a lot of time researching dementia, read papers on the subject, and also found a lot of dementia diaries on the Internet which were a great help in getting an insight into the disease. Emma Healey Read Quote
Sometimes people ask, ‘If you’d never had a reader, would you carry on writing?’ No. Emma Healey Read Quote
Reading about what a digital native thinks of the Internet is like reading about what it’s like to blink: it’s kind of boring. Emma Healey Read Quote
