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Lisa Jewell
Profession : Author
Birth : July 19, 1968
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My marriage is far from perfect. We're not hand-holdy and soft. We are snippy and bickery. We sleep in separate beds because we have no tolerance of each other's night-time idiosyncrasies.
Lisa Jewell
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.
Lisa Jewell
I was made redundant from a job as a PA in a shirt-making company in 1996. I was devastated. I had been there for three years, and it was a job I really liked.
Lisa Jewell
My first husband dragged me out of London and made me live in the suburbs in Surrey - not where you want to be when you're 23.
Lisa Jewell
I think that not being proactive is a good thing. I like life to unfold on its own.
Lisa Jewell
Sometimes you need to be shaken out of a situation.
Lisa Jewell
For a very long time, I thought everyone I met through the process of getting an agent and a publishing deal had made a mistake. When they agreed to pay me for the book, I thought they would ask me for the money back.
Lisa Jewell
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.
Lisa Jewell
The older I get, the more I love psychological thrillers.
Lisa Jewell
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.
Lisa Jewell
For me, the optimum circumstances for writing a book are those of stultifying routine.
Lisa Jewell
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.'
Lisa Jewell
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.
Lisa Jewell
Everyone thinks they've got a book inside them.
Lisa Jewell
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.
Lisa Jewell
Agents and publishers are always looking for something 'different,' a fresh viewpoint and a new voice, not just re-hashed versions of stuff that's gone before.
Lisa Jewell
Writing a book is not easy.
Lisa Jewell
Every brilliant book I read is an influence and an inspiration. As is every brilliant movie I watch and every brilliant box set.
Lisa Jewell
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.
Lisa Jewell
When I travel, I can leave everything at home apart from books. I curate my holiday reading rigorously and would be devastated if I found I'd left one at home.
Lisa Jewell
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