Lisa Jewell Quotes
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Publishers have published women's fiction into a corner, and now we are all trying to punch our way out of it. We just have to write the best books we possibly can and hope that, once the pink covers and Bridget Jones have faded from memory, we might finally be allowed just to be called writers.
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People say 'chick lit,' and what they mean is 'crap.' And so even though you might sell 100,000 copies of a book, you're never going to win a prize. These are books that people don't just read, they devour them - they stay up into the early hours because they want to devour them.
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Whenever I watch any kind of competition, my immediate reaction when they call out the name of the winner is to look at the loser.
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If you can start and finish a book, then you're already a million miles ahead of all those people who talk about wanting to write a book.
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I don't think my first book was chick lit.
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I knew I wasn't the sort of person who could do a full-time job and write in the evening and at weekends.
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I take the six weeks of the school summer holidays off because I'm pretty sure I'm not going to look back on my life one day and say, 'Damn, I wish I hadn't spent so much time with my children.'
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I must always, always have a box of Extra chewing gum in my bag because I have developed a terrible cheek-chewing compulsion. It's not only uncomfortable, but I look really weird when I'm doing it, and chewing gum is the only way I can stop myself.
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Every brilliant book I read is an influence and an inspiration. As is every brilliant movie I watch and every brilliant box set.
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'Ralph's Party' was a romantic comedy, and at the end of it, the two main characters, Ralph and Jen, kiss for the first time and think they're going to be happy together. Then, 10 years later, I wrote a sequel in which they've been together for 10 years and are about to split up.
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Getting married young was the worst experience of my life. It was horrible - really horrible.
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My father, Anthony, was a textile agent who sold fabric in the West End and was away a lot. He was very glamorous. When he first met my mum, he swept her off into this big, social world.
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Nick Hornby's a genius.
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The only way you can write about a happy family in a drama is to make them unhappy.
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I would never, for the sake of the story or a twist, have a character do something that they just wouldn't do. I really couldn't. I'd rather miss out on the twist.
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There's a weird contrast between my usual daily routine and then my book coming out. It's like someone's just suddenly opened the curtains in a dark room, and everyone's looking at you.
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My husband loves having his own room.
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'Ralph's Party' was supposed to be a psychological thriller, but I fell in love with all my characters and wanted only the best for them.
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I like the fact that my husband and I have been together for a long time and have a warm and colourful history together.
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No man ever fell in love with me for the way I fill out a Lycra dress.
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If you feel that your father was lacking as a husband, it affects your own choice of man.
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If you have a calling, you need to let it find you.
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Everyone thinks they've got a book inside them.
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In 1995, I was 27, and I completely got caught up in Blur and Oasis and the fashion of the time.