Lisa Jewell Quotes
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My parents' marriage was, on an aesthetic level, very pleasing to behold.
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I look about my house and see there are lots of lovely things in it, but I constantly buy more.
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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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I don't think my first book was chick lit.
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The older I get, the more I love psychological thrillers.
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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 don't really get into a writing routine until March or April, when I'll write a few hundred words a day, often in a cafe in the morning after the school run.
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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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Ever since 'Single White Female,' the 1990 novel which was turned into a supremely scary film, the idea of a seemingly normal woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants has become an abiding literary trope.
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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 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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Getting married young was the worst experience of my life. It was horrible - really horrible.
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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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When we were kids, we couldn't wait to have our own rooms, not to have to share anymore. And that is what I love about having my own bedroom. It is mine. My sleep is mine. Both pillows are mine. If I wake up, it is me who has woken me up... It makes me feel like a grown-up. I love it.
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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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If you have a calling, you need to let it find you.
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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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My mother's childhood was complex, disjointed, and disturbing. As children, we would gather round and ask her to tell us again and again The Story of Her Childhood. It was Grimmsian, Andersenesque: a classic fairy tale replete with goodies and baddies.
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Everyone thinks they've got a book inside them.
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My father was a self-employed textile agent, and the shop below his office was an art gallery.
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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 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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My husband loves having his own room.