Sara Sheridan Quotes

An important part of deciding where we want to go, as a society and culture, is knowing where we have come from, and indeed, how far we have come.

Most people do a good deal of whatever they do motivated by love. For me, few stories are truly complete without it.

About Author

Sara Sheridan (born 7 June 1968) is a Scottish activist and writer who works in a variety of genres, though predominantly in historical fiction. She is the creator of the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries.

It's part of a writer's job to be nosy about everything.

They should be taking bonuses from bankers, not library books from schoolchildren. What kind of society are we building?

I spend a lot of time imagining things - in fact, you could say that imagining things is my job.

I have a very strong sense that we only know where we are by looking clearly at where we've come from.

I realised early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job.

Writers need each other.

Being a writer is a more difficult job than people imagine.

It is through our extended family that we first learn to compromise and come to an understanding that even if we don't always agree about things we can still love and look out for each other.

We don't live in a society that has genuine equality, and every woman we know has experienced that.

Let's be clear - for people like me, who are obsessed with story and for whom words are their medium, writing is the best job possible. I work hard, but I earn more than the national average wage whil...