Ever since ‘Single White Female,’ the 1990 novel which was turned into a supremely scary film, the idea of a seemingly normal woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants has become an abiding literary trope. Lisa Jewell Read Quote
My father was a self-employed textile agent, and the shop below his office was an art gallery. Lisa Jewell Read Quote
If one of my romantic-comedy colleagues had written and directed ‘Love Actually,’ they would have been torn limb from limb. I thought it was awful, contrived, dreadful. I could see every twist and turn. I thought it was despicable. It was the writing that got me. Lisa Jewell Read Quote
Agents and publishers are always looking for something ‘different,’ a fresh viewpoint and a new voice, not just re-hashed versions of stuff that’s gone before. Lisa Jewell Read Quote
I was made redundant from a job as a PA in a shirt-making company in 1996. I was devastated. I had been there for three years, and it was a job I really liked. Lisa Jewell Read Quote
My marriage is far from perfect. We’re not hand-holdy and soft. We are snippy and bickery. We sleep in separate beds because we have no tolerance of each other’s night-time idiosyncrasies. Lisa Jewell Read Quote
A strange side effect of sudden success is the sense that if you can succeed in one field, then it might well be worth trying to succeed in another. Lisa Jewell Read Quote
I changed my mind about being a famous pop star when I realised that it meant I’d never be able to get on the Tube again. Lisa Jewell Read Quote
Ralph’s Party’ was supposed to be a psychological thriller, but I fell in love with all my characters and wanted only the best for them. Lisa Jewell Read Quote
