166 Quotes by Lisa Jewell

When we were kids, we couldn't wait to have our own rooms, not to have to share anymore. And that is what I love about having my own bedroom. It is mine. My sleep is mine. Both pillows are mine. If I wake up, it is me who has woken me up... It makes me feel like a grown-up. I love it.

My husband loves having his own room.

My parents' marriage was, on an aesthetic level, very pleasing to behold.

My marriage is far from perfect. We're not hand-holdy and soft. We are snippy and bickery. We sleep in separate beds because we have no tolerance of each other's night-time idiosyncrasies.

Don't do a hard sell or try to tell the agent that you're going to be a bestseller or the next John Grisham. This goes down very badly. If your work is good, then they are skilled enough to know this within a few pages.

Every time I've written a book, I'm like, 'Oh, it's so different from the last one. Are they going to like it?'

All my main characters have got bits of me, bits of my family, bits of my friends.

There's a weird contrast between my usual daily routine and then my book coming out. It's like someone's just suddenly opened the curtains in a dark room, and everyone's looking at you.

I always wanted to write psychological thrillers.