Christie Watson Professions : Novelist Born : 1976 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Christie Watson No daughter and mother ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them. Christie Watson distance daughter mother We must row in whatever boat we find ourselves in. Christie Watson boat An owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees the the less it talks. Christie Watson wisest owl bird I think all those years that I spent as a nurse, from the age of seventeen, just allowed me an insight into human emotion at those times of life when it's so important. And to see and witness those times of grief and love and loss and all those things was such a huge privilege, both in my own personal life, but it also, I think, spills over into my writing. I think the one thing that most novelists have is some degree of emotional intelligence, and if you don't have that, then perhaps you might struggle to be a novelist, because that has to come out somewhere. Christie Watson grief struggle writing I danced out my pain...It felt like praying, like flying. Christie Watson flying pain praying If one imitates the upright, one becomes upright. If one imitates the crooked, one becomes crooked. Christie Watson crooked ifs Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors