393 Quotes by Sara Sheridan

Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.

He often came back ‘all thinky’ from work.

Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.

Sometimes a person’s first assumption was very telling. It revealed how they perceived the situation.

People see what they expect to see.

Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another country - a very different world - and historical readers want to see, smell and touch what it was like living there.

That boy is talented. You don’t develop those gifts in houses or in schools.

I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.