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I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living.

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

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  3. It’s the great surprise of my life that I ended up loving [my father] so much. – Pat Conroy
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  5. One of Scotland’s most important cultural exports – stories. – Sara Sheridan
  6. Most people do a good deal of whatever they do motivated by love. For me, few stories are truly complete without it. – Sara Sheridan
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  10. The fact that you are not perfect may come as a surprise to you but it is not a surprise to anyone else. – John Patrick Hickey
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  14. Like good reading skills, good writing skills require immersion and imaginative engagement. – Sara Sheridan
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  16. Writing is such a solitary occupation that it takes a long time to build up a group of professional peers with whom you genuinely identify. – Sara Sheridan
  17. Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother’s generation. – Sara Sheridan
  18. I love writing, and just as much, I love undertaking research. – Sara Sheridan
  19. We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press. – Sara Sheridan
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  32. Maria didn’t fear the sea but, as taught by her father, she respected its power. In her experience the ocean had no intent to drown travellers. – Sara Sheridan
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  36. I was its skin, its movement, its shape, its god, its creator, its destroyer. And you thought Dexter was bad. The Bridgeman arrives soon. – Catherine Astolfo
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  38. 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
  39. Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing… the rest will follow. – Jane Yolen
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