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Joanne Harris Quotes

British - Author | July 3, 1964 -

I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.

Dreams Dream Sound Scent Colour Few

For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.

Stars Sea Me Stillness Magic Hawaii

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

Procrastination Degree Paranoia

I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

I Can Write Need Laptop Absolutely

A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online.

Life Real Little Real Life Bigger

One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes more real than the view from our bedroom window. Fictional people can sometimes become as close to us as our loved ones.

Life People Me Window Writing Loved

I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future from the things that catch on to the hem of your skirt when you've been sewing, and different colored threads would mean different things... Of course, all that influenced me quite a lot as a child.

Future Great Child Me You Strange

I find littering very annoying. It's a minor but also a major thing: a society that litters is one that also has so little respect for the environment and, consequently, other people. If we had clean streets, a lot of other things would be fixed almost effortlessly.

Respect People Society Environment

My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.

Past People Unhappy Meaning Become

People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on.

Alone People Reveal Mental Left

I was a very bad accountant; I didn't care about money, golf or discovering fraud. After about a year I was sacked; then I went into teacher training.

Teacher Money Training Care Golf

I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.

People Activity Constant Fond Cities

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