167 Quotes by Meg Rosoff
"My daughter is a fantastic travelling companion - she's totally organised, whereas I'm hopeless."
"I'd like to think life has improved since 1850, despite the long hours we all seem to spend slaving over hot computers, but the psychological journeys remain the same - the search for love, identity, a meaningful place in the world."
"Although I've lived in England for more than twenty years, I still have a foreigner's passion for all the details of English history and rural life."
"While working in advertising, I channelled my creative energy into elaborate escape fantasies: cake making, dog breeding, the Peace Corps."
"I've spent most of my life trying to wear a persona that didn't quite fit and when I started writing books, it was like finally becoming the right person."
"When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how they're standing, and what it feels like the first time they kiss. No one shows you. The words make suggestions. Your brain paints the pictures."
"The truth about love is that you don't always fall in love with whom you are supposed to fall in love with. Love just hits you. It is a transcendent thing. Sometimes it is your best friend's husband and sometimes it's your father. It's weird. But that's a fact of life."