71 Quotes by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.

Writing is a hellish task, best snuck up on, whacked on the head, robbed and left for dead.

The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.

Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up.

Hope is a gift. You can't choose to have it. To believe and yet to have no hope is to thirst beside a fountain.

'Fall on Your Knees' is really a story about secrets and family, and the idea that there are some stories or truths that need to be expressed.

You can tell a lot about a person by the people who work for them.

Some people talk about children wanting to be born as though somewhere out there in the collective unconscious there's a spirit, or a thought or an idea that wants to be born. And I sometimes feel that way about stories... that they're there and they want to be told.

Reading was such a formative part of my childhood (along with 'Loony Tunes'), that it is difficult to pin point the most influential book. But, under an interrogation light I would probably have to say 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte.