Sara Sheridan Quotes - Page 3

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• Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.

  Sara Sheridan

  Wall, Thinking, Scotland

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• The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths.

  Sara Sheridan

  Criticism, Level Playing Field, Levels

  "Why Writers Must Embrace Social Media, No Matter the Genre". www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2011.

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• She wishes her grandmother had not been so protective, and that she understood better what passes between a man and woman. As it is, she simply enjoys the feelings and wonders if they are what lightning is made of, for everything comes back to the weather. Tears like rain. Smiles like the sun. Hair as dry as sand and fear like the dark ocean.

  Sara Sheridan

  Rain, Ocean, Grandmother

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• At length, when I considered it, I realized that the best of my actions were small things. Picking flowers and cooking food for my mother when she had been unwell, spending an afternoon with the children, sending money to my sister or kissing Henry's tiny head as he slept in the nursery before I left. I thought of every detail and afterwards I felt better. Hellfire and brimstone have never appealed to me and I admit I become easily confused thinking of right and wrong. But I do understand kindness.

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  Mother, Children, Kindness

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• Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.

  Sara Sheridan

  Jobs, Imagination, Reader

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• Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades.

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  Wings, Might, Spirit

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• We can learn so much looking outside our core field of expertise.

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  Fields, Expertise, Core

  "Opinion: literary and commercial writers should lay down their arms" by Sara Sheridan, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2011.

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• The new contract between writers and readers is one I'm prepared to sign up to. I've met some fascinating people at events and online. Down with the isolation of writers I say! And long live Twitter.

  Sara Sheridan

  Writing, Long, People

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• Writers need each other.

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  Writing, Needs

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• Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.

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  Writing, Thinking, Assuming

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• Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary novelists.

  Sara Sheridan

  Writing, Thinking, Novelists

  "Opinion: literary and commercial writers should lay down their arms" by Sara Sheridan, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2011.

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• Researching books gets you into nothing but trouble.

  Sara Sheridan

  Book, Trouble

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