Sara Sheridan

Sara Sheridan

"A paucity of material can open up just as many possibilities."
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"A paucity of material can open up just as many possibilities."
Sara Sheridan
"I spend a lot of time imagining things - in fact, you could say that imagining things is my job."
Sara Sheridan
"Like good reading skills, good writing skills require immersion and imaginative engagement."
Sara Sheridan
"If you've been hurt and you've grieved and you've been through the mill, it takes a long time to get over it."
Sara Sheridan
"We can learn so much looking outside our core field of expertise."
Sara Sheridan
"When you're depressed you retreat and you go into a smaller world. This is why Brighton worked well for the story, because it's a smaller world than London."
Sara Sheridan
"A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character."
Sara Sheridan
"I am completely unflustered by whichever medium people choose to read my words. I'm just delighted they're reading them at all!"
Sara Sheridan
"Edinburgh is alive with words."
Sara Sheridan
"A writer is like a stick of rock - the words go right through."
Sara Sheridan
"I can't bear literary snobbery."
Sara Sheridan
"Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary novelists."
Sara Sheridan
"Molly Bloom is simply the most sensuous woman in literature."
Sara Sheridan
"Our archives are treasure troves - a testament to many lives lived and the complexity of the way we move forward. They contain clues to the real concerns of day-to-day life that bring the past alive."
Sara Sheridan
"If we don't value the people who inspire us (and money is one mark of that) then what kind of culture are we building?"
Sara Sheridan
"I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living."
Sara Sheridan
"The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths."
Sara Sheridan
"Often we don't notice the stringent rules to which our culture subjects us."
Sara Sheridan
"Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades."
Sara Sheridan
"As a novelist it is my job to tell stories that inspire and entertain but I am increasingly mindful that many of these historical tales (which of themselves are fascinating) relate directly to our issues in society today."
Sara Sheridan
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