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Emma Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian author renowned for her plays and novels. Her works are celebrated for their deep psychological insights and unique narrative style. Born on October 24, 1969, Donoghue's plays have been performed in several countries, and her novels have been translated into multiple languages.

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“Sometimes you must shed your skin to save it.”

Sometimes Skins Shed

Author:Emma Donoghue

“I think sometimes the way to preserve the magic of a book is to throw it away - meaning, not to cling to the way a book does its magic but to find a cinematic equivalent.”

Thinking Way Doe Book Sometimes Magic Preserves Cinematic

Author:Emma Donoghue

“I read a lot of social history. If I'm in an art gallery and a picture intrigues me, I immediately write down the title and I google it. I do a lot of googling and looking out for good stories. I can almost smell them sometimes.”

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“Sometimes, I think there's a lack of ambition in me. But then sometimes, I think, no, you can, like William Blake said, you know, see heaven in a grain of sand. If you look really, really closely at a situation, you can find almost endless interest in it.”

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“...Sometimes I suspect that what had really happened was that we became more resigned, more cynical, raised our pain thresholds as we lowered our expectations. All in all, settled for less.”

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Book:Hood

Source: Hood

“[E]verywhere I'm looking at kids, adults mostly don't seem to like them, not even the parents do. They call the kids gorgeous and so cute, they make the kids do the thing all over again so they can take a photo, but they don't want to actually play with them, they'd rather drink coffee talking to other adults. Sometimes there's a small kid crying and the Ma of it doesn't even hear.”

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Book:Room: Picador Classic

Source: Room: Picador Classic

“Sometimes when persons say definitely it sounds actually less true.”

Persons Sometimes Sound

Author:Emma Donoghue

About the Author

Born: October 24, 1969
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 155

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