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I watch his hands, they're lumpy but clever. Is there a word for adults when they aren't parents? Steppa laughs. Folks with other things to do?
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Emma Donoghue
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: October 24
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I've been in a long and happy relationship for 22 years and it's never inspired me to write anything. It's too good - nothing to say. Problems, conflict, that's what makes for good stories.
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For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him.
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The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like.
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I must say, in the case of Room, both the book and the film, I don't think being a lesbian author held me back at all.
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I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny, when the hell do I get some sleep?) and [the book] ROOM was the result.
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I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.
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...Sometimes I suspect that what had really happened was that we became more resigned, more cynical, raised our pain thresholds as we lowered our expectations. All in all, settled for less.
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Identity politics are wearisome you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer.
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Sometimes you must shed your skin to save it.
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A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.
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You know who you belong to Jack? - Yeah. Yourself. - He's wrong, actually, I belong to Ma. p. 261 Room by E Donoghue
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