• You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just let's you get on with it.

    Emma Donoghue: You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just let's you get on with it.
    "Emma Donoghue: the books interview". Interview with Sarah Crown, www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2012.