I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny, when the hell do I get some sleep?) and [the book] ROOM was the result. Emma Donoghue More Quotes by Emma Donoghue More Quotes From Emma Donoghue The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side. Emma Donoghue insightful stories sides Ma's still nodding. "You're the one who matters, though. Just you." I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me. Emma Donoghue nodding shakes matter In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time...I don't know how persons with jobs do the jobs and all the living as well...I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the roads and houses and playgrounds and stores, so there's only a little smear of time on each place, then everyone has to hurry on to the next bit. Emma Donoghue stressed house jobs I read a lot of social history. If I'm in an art gallery and a picture intrigues me, I immediately write down the title and I google it. I do a lot of googling and looking out for good stories. I can almost smell them sometimes. Emma Donoghue smell writing art It’s called mind over matter. If we don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When a bit of me hurts, I always mind. Emma Donoghue hurt matter mind Books are the air I breathe, so I don't notice the seasons. Emma Donoghue breathe air book There are some tales not for telling, whether because they are too long, too precious, too laughable, too painful, too easy to need telling or too hard to explain. After all, after years and travels my secrets are all I have left to chew on in the night. Emma Donoghue night long years I say "on principle" [regarding 'lesbian writer'] because whenever you get one of your minority labels applied, like "Irish Writer," "Canadian Writer," "Woman Writer," "Lesbian Writer" - any of those categories - you always slightly wince because you're afraid that people will think that means you're only going to write about Canada or Ireland, you know. Emma Donoghue writing mean thinking Stories are a different kind of true. Emma Donoghue different truth writing ...sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words. Emma Donoghue sentences made If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could. Emma Donoghue cake ifs made I think I know what it's like to have a family that the outside world sees as peculiar or lacking. Emma Donoghue peculiar world thinking When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything Emma Donoghue little-kid littles kids And as the years flowed by, some villagers told travelers of a beast and a beauty who lived in the castle and could be seen walking on the battlements, and others told of two beauties, and others, of two beasts. Emma Donoghue castles two years Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing. Emma Donoghue brave courage feelings Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny little bit of fact just seems to work. Emma Donoghue creative brain writing ...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing. Emma Donoghue loneliness real thinking He [Ma's Tooth] was part of her a minute ago but now he's not. Just a thing. Emma Donoghue teeth minutes I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad. Emma Donoghue scared mad people I think ultimately the film 'Room' is a kind of hymn to motherhood and to the everyday heroism of parents who find their smiles in terrible times. Emma Donoghue hymns motherhood thinking
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