I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and the freedom to go into a world of my own. Sarah Waters Read Quote
It was a great childhood. We weren’t especially wealthy or anything, but I felt I had a kind of safety and freedom. Sarah Waters Read Quote
I like dramas because there’s a big overlap between film and fiction, so I feel relatively qualified to talk about plot and characterisation and that sort of thing. Sarah Waters Read Quote
I love film and, particularly, shorts. You don’t get to see them often, and they’re a great little form, like a short story. Sarah Waters Read Quote
I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day. Sarah Waters Read Quote
I’ve ended up feeling fonder of ‘The Paying Guests’ than of any of my other novels. Sarah Waters Read Quote
I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know a period and reading its books and watching its films. I see it as a real treat. Sarah Waters Read Quote
The relationship you have with your mother is like nothing else. They do kind of know everything about you, even though they don’t confront it. That is often a dynamic from childhood onwards. As a teenager, you want to be independent and do slightly furtive things. Sarah Waters Read Quote
I was mad about the theatre growing up, really mad. We had a local theatre, the Torch, and I used to usher there. I would see the shows over and over again. Sarah Waters Read Quote
