It’s helpful to get feedback on your work, and I think you learn a lot from reading other people’s work and giving them feedback. Gail Honeyman Read Quote
If you break things down to goodies and baddies, the baddies are always a bit more alluring in fiction, and that’s true from a narrative point of view. But I wanted to write a novel about real life, and real life is a bit more nuanced than that. Gail Honeyman Read Quote
Not to sound too Pollyanna-ish, but I think most people are decent, caring human beings. You don’t necessarily see that reflected in fiction maybe, because possibly it’s perceived as not having much dramatic potential. Gail Honeyman Read Quote
If I’ve helped fuel the debate on loneliness in some small way, that is wonderful. Gail Honeyman Read Quote
As a little girl, I used to write stories, but by my teenage years, I got out of the habit. Gail Honeyman Read Quote
Eleanor Oliphant isn’t me or anyone I know. Of course I’ve felt loneliness – everybody does – but Eleanor and her experiences are fictional. Gail Honeyman Read Quote
Even with the most horrendous things that happen and the tremendous pain that people have to deal with, they still laugh, because I think that’s what it means to be human. Gail Honeyman Read Quote
I was hurtling towards 40, and I’d always wanted to write. It does focus your mind, heading towards that big birthday. If there is anything you think you want to do, you think, ‘I probably should have a go now!’ Gail Honeyman Read Quote
I wanted to show platonic friendship between men and women, because I think it is underutilised in fiction. Gail Honeyman Read Quote
