You wouldn't know it, but I'm no good at recognising people; I have face blindness. Sadie Jones More Quotes by Sadie Jones More Quotes From Sadie Jones If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any. Sadie Jones writingmightthinking I dont get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls, bills, supermarkets, letters, and I have to stop and sort things out. Sadie Jones balancemindletters I've always thought it was important not to attach too much superstition to the space where you're writing, because once you get into the mindset that you can only do it a certain way in a certain place, your creativity can get blocked. Sadie Jones creativityspacewriting My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist. Sadie Jones screenwritersnovelistsfather Oh, I always think everyone feels left out. Sadie Jones leftfeelsthinking Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance. Sadie Jones horsedistanceloyal I like to come into my workspace and feel its a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall. Sadie Jones frozenwalladd I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting to be accessed all the time. Sadie Jones selfmovingthinking When Im writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids havent left me. Sadie Jones husbandwritingkids When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship. Sadie Jones horseboyschildren I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration. Sadie Jones cafesstudynoise Art is inspiring. Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage; that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition. Sadie Jones acquisitionlightart Remove all the traffic lights, yellow lines, one-way systems and road markings, and let blissful anarchy prevail. I imagine it would produce a kind of harmony. Sadie Jones lineslightyellow Our minds and memories are crowded with the common experience of nature. Sadie Jones common-experiencemindmemories I love writing on trains. The joy of being a writer is it's all in your head; you don't need materials apart from the laptop. It's like taking your work home with you, so you can feel grounded in your own insane writerly realities wherever you are. Sadie Jones homewritingreality We feel the pull of nature very strongly, relating - even unknowingly - feeling in ourselves to bulbs being stirred in frozen ground, or to the branches of dead trees. Perhaps this indivisibility from nature is an important thing to recognize as we go about our business in the world. Sadie Jones feelnaturebusinessworld My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm not sure if I've actually done things or just experienced them in her books. Sadie Jones thingschilddonesometimes I think if you write about human relationships, you're always exploring the psyche and the soul. I don't separate certain - perhaps more extreme - things that people do from others. Sadie Jones thinkyousoulpeople I don't consciously use my own life or experience at all. Sadie Jones ownmy-ownexperiencelife I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at it. Sadie Jones picturegreatsittingwriting
