I’ve always felt that good writing does not have to be literary.
– Sara Sheridan
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- I can’t bear literary snobbery. – Sara Sheridan
- it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls. – Muriel Spark
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- It was nearly ten years since the peace though her memories of the war still felt fresh. – Sara Sheridan
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- Why did you leave my hand? I’ve never felt so good, she thought. I felt good too, he thought. – Sara Naveed
- No matter how much enthusiasm and effort you put into writing, if you totally lack literary talent you can forget about being a novelist. – Haruki Murakami
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- An aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side. – Sara Sheridan
- It felt dangerous. It felt amazing. It felt like of course the lights were out, because all the electricity in the city was in my veins. – Maggie Hall
- Love in your mind can be felt by some, love in your heart can be felt by many, but love in your soul can be felt by all. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- She felt damned. As though she were marching to her death. She felt like had been sentenced. And yet she felt eerily free. – Tan Redding
- being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right. – Charles Bukowski
- It felt terrific. It felt deeper and richer than laughter. It felt like opening a door and tumbling headfirst into a pile of feathers. – Leslea Tash
- Although I felt very weak, I did not feel ill; and strength, one always fancies, is a thing that may be picked up when we please. – J Sheridan Le Fanu
- The art of writing involves making as many cups of tea as you can in the time available for writing. Then adding extra time for writing… – Alan Dapre
- You’re never as good a writer as you think you are, and you’re never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing. – Don Roff
- Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing… the rest will follow. – Jane Yolen
- In a heartbeat, he understands why religions are born on the sands -“ there is nothing here for a man but his own mind. – Sara Sheridan
- Writers of novels live in a strange world where what’s made up is as important as what’s real. – Sara Sheridan
- I believe the era of the militant lady is back. – Sara Sheridan
- Jack had been the love of her life and he was gone. It seemed now that there had never been bad times, though she knew that wasn’t true.-¨ – Sara Sheridan
- The curve of my waist in a tight fitting summer dress can really make me new friends. – Sara Sheridan
- I’m in my 40s and I’m constantly surprised by how much my childhood still plays a part in my life. – Sara Sheridan
- My fascination with history is as much about the present as it is about the past. – Sara Sheridan
- The question shouldn’t be, ‘Are we guilty about our Colonial past?’ it should be, ‘Why aren’t we more guilty about our corporate present? – Sara Sheridan
- Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you’ve heard is true. – Sara Sheridan
- That boy is talented. You don’t develop those gifts in houses or in schools. – Sara Sheridan
- I’m proud of the culture I come from – we’re a small country and a close-knit community. – Sara Sheridan
- We have more choice than ever before about where and how we buy and read books. – Sara Sheridan
- I’m a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that job is done online. – Sara Sheridan
- Sometimes a person’s first assumption was very telling. It revealed how they perceived the situation. – Sara Sheridan
- Parisians were not easy to engage in conversation. Perhaps that was why the Resistance had been so successful. – Sara Sheridan
- Everyone was important during the war. Everyone. We worked together and we won. – Sara Sheridan