I can't pick out one single book that had such a profound personal impact. Louise Brown More Quotes by Louise Brown More Quotes From Louise Brown Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us. Louise Brown musical hate play The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too. Louise Brown daughter mother clever If you can't return a favor, pass it on. Louise Brown favors return inspirational Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in. Louise Brown giving-up writing believe I used to think about how I was conceived quite a lot when I was about 10 or 11, but I don't think about it at all now that so many other babies have been born in the same way. Louise Brown baby way thinking Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing. Louise Brown writing book thinking I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal. Louise Brown normal-and-abnormal abnormal peculiar I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas. Louise Brown diaspora fiction-and-nonfiction book People still come up to me and ask whether I am Louise Brown or if they've seen me somewhere else before. Louise Brown brown somewhere-else people Reading is my greatest luxury. Louise Brown luxury reading I have a good collection of cookery books. This is not so much because I like cooking, but because I like eating. Louise Brown cooking eating book Remember that what you have is unique because it's your own special way of looking at the world. Louise Brown unique special world The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places. Louise Brown reading book people It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print. Louise Brown girl believe book Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don't think that gender applies to them: that it's a subject for girls. Louise Brown girl boys thinking The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers. Louise Brown lahore girl dancing I don't envy men and I certainly wouldn't like to become one now. Louise Brown envy men I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected. Louise Brown fiction-novels perfect book Don't call 'em dogs. Dogs are loyal and they run after balls. Louise Brown baseball running funny I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long. Louise Brown rejection writing long
