...sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words. Emma Donoghue More Quotes by Emma Donoghue More Quotes From Emma Donoghue For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have... Emma Donoghue normal emotion parent There are so many examples today of how the kind of wonderful zealousness and unquestioning loyalty of young people can be harnessed by all sorts of insidious powers. Emma Donoghue loyalty example people I've been writing full-time since I was 23. Emma Donoghue writing Nowadays, 'invisibility' was supposed to be the big problem, but the way I saw it was, all that mattered was to be visible to yourself. Emma Donoghue invisibility saws way There's not a thing wrong with you, you're right the whole way through. Emma Donoghue inspiration whole way Now that I've got a way in [to the industry] - because it can feel a bit like, "How can I possibly write a film?" - but now that I've got at least some experience in the film world, I'd absolutely love to do it again. Emma Donoghue writing way world I'm finding that success is way more time-consuming than failure ever was. Emma Donoghue more-time consuming way I'm a huge planner, more and more so as the years go by. Emma Donoghue planners huge years Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent. Emma Donoghue ideals know-how parent I'm very keen. Adaptations of other people's work, too. I got fascinated by the adaptation process, so I think that'd be a really interesting task. I would happily write original screenplays as well. I think it's become one of my favorite genres. Emma Donoghue writing people thinking The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to tormentor, just as kids simultaneously light up our lives and drive us nuts. I was trying to capture that strange, bipolar quality of parenthood. For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have. Emma Donoghue light drama kids Every parent has those moments where they look at their child and think, 'There's a demon in those eyes and no one can see it but me! Emma Donoghue eye children thinking I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga. Emma Donoghue yoga dancing sports I think there are few films out there that take motherhood seriously. Emma Donoghue motherhood film thinking If you have written something that the film people want, like a book, it does give you a way in. Emma Donoghue giving book people What's crucial about being an executive producer is that you stay in the loop, information-wise. They have to share all their major decisions with you. Emma Donoghue information decision wise Seriously, I think what all the puzzling over parenthood I had to do to write [a novel] ROOM taught me is that children can thrive in a remarkable range of situations. Emma Donoghue writing children thinking I was highly aware, in writing [the book] ROOM, that there are unsavoury aspects to our interest in such cases, and I thought it was rather honester to include discussion of media representation in the novel itself than to cling to the high moral ground by merely avoiding scenes of voyeurism, for instance. Emma Donoghue media writing book I was not exploiting any real individual's story in writing ROOM, of course I was aware that my novel, by commenting on such situations, would run the risk of falling into those traps of voyeurism, sensationalism and sentimentality. Emma Donoghue real running fall I was anticipating that some readers might misread [the book] ROOM itself as a hymn to homeschooling. Emma Donoghue hymns might book
