Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay. Jojo Moyes More Quotes by Jojo Moyes More Quotes From Jojo Moyes I always say that in any roomful of people, I could hive a novel out of any one person's family or life story. Jojo Moyes story family life people Marriage is a decades-long experiment, conducted mostly in private; a test of will in the face of unexpected obstacles. Jojo Moyes face obstacles unexpected marriage You have to write the story that's at the front of your head. There is no point in trying to write for the market; it won't ring true. Jojo Moyes true your story you My characters make incomprehensible decisions until you stand in their shoes. Then it makes more sense. Life is very rarely black and white, and most people are trying to do their best. I try not to judge. Jojo Moyes best you black-and-white life I always imagined a writer was someone who lived in an attic in Paris, but my mum instilled in me a belief that I could do anything - so I ended up writing my first novel while working nights as a news reporter. Jojo Moyes someone me news writing What love is depends on where you are in relation to it. Secure in it, it can feel as mundane and necessary as air - you exist within it, almost unnoticing. Deprived of it, it can feel like an obsession; all consuming - a physical pain. Jojo Moyes you pain love-is love Love is the driver for all great stories: not just romantic love, but the love of parent for child, for family, for country. Jojo Moyes family love-is love romantic Novelists seem to fall into two distinct categories - those that plan and those that just see where it takes them. I am very much the former category. Jojo Moyes plan i-am see fall I write in all sorts of places; it's a legacy of my time as a journalist, where I could turn out copy in a hotel corridor. But I have a little office that I rent in my local town, and that's my ideal place. Jojo Moyes place hotel legacy time My Writers Guild of America card is one of my proudest possessions. I was given it after being invited to write the script for a film of my last novel, 'Me Before You,' which is being made by MGM. Whenever I look at it, I think, 'I'm a Hollywood writer!' Jojo Moyes look think me you I have always written. I was one of those kids who would always fill exercise books with girls and telepathic ponies. Jojo Moyes books who always exercise Writers divide fairly cleanly into those who only work through what they hear and those who are more visual. I am the latter, where I lie down on my office floor and play scenes through my head to - cinematically, several times with different elements - to see what works. I can't write a scene until I can see it. Jojo Moyes lie i-am down work My writing life has included the struggle to bring up three children. What I do three or four times a year is take myself off to a hotel room to unblock a problem. Jojo Moyes myself struggle life children I think there is an awful lot of technology for technology's sake. I have yet to be convinced by my husband that persuading our mobiles to talk to our computers is going to be quicker and more straightforward than scribbling a note in our kitchen diary. Jojo Moyes computers think technology husband We want a macho high-earner - with the sensitivity of Gok Wan. We want a man with Brad Pitt's six-pack - but one who's prepared to overlook our own muffin top. No wonder most men don't know if they're coming or going. Jojo Moyes know man wonder men My go-to winter recipe is beef and butternut squash stew, cooked in the slow oven all day. Jojo Moyes recipe slow day winter The fragrance I always wear is Coco by Chanel. I've worn it for 20 years. It suits me, it's classic, and I like the simplicity of only ever wearing one fragrance. Jojo Moyes me fragrance suits simplicity We seem to live in an age where we are quietly appalled by the idea of appetites, whether they be for sex, food or diamonds. Jojo Moyes live age food sex If the characters are compelling, readers will follow anywhere. Jojo Moyes characters anywhere follow will
