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Fiona Barton
English Journalist
Born: 1957
First Journalist Me People Think You
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The emotions, responsibilities - and the pain - of motherhood are unique to each of us with children. Ask any woman, and she will have her own story to tell. Fiona Barton
Woman Emotions Will Motherhood Own Pain Tell Responsibilities She Any Children Story Ask Us Unique Each Her
It's a wonderful experience to be reading a story and think you've got things all figured out, and then suddenly, it all goes upside-down on you. Fiona Barton
You Experience Wonderful Reading Think Out Got Wonderful Experience Goes Story Then Figured Suddenly Things
It is a sad truth that apprenticeships fell out of favour in Britain in the Seventies and Eighties, when the manufacturing industries shed jobs and the construction industry went into decline. Fiona Barton
Sad Truth Construction Sad Truth Seventies Out Jobs Favour Fell Industries Shed Industry Eighties Decline Manufacturing Britain
Mental health is something that I'm very interested in. Fiona Barton
Health Mental Health Mental Something Very Interested
For most of us, our protective lies or omissions are so insignificant that being found out would be only mildly embarrassing. But for some of us, our secret may threaten to destroy everything. And that is food and drink to a novelist. Fiona Barton
Food Secret Our Everything Destroy Embarrassing Out Would Would-Be Lies Threaten Some Insignificant Only Drink Most Protective May Being Us Novelist Found
The success of 'The Widow' meant there were expectations for the second book from the first word, and it has created a completely different writing experience. Not to say I haven't enjoyed writing 'The Child,' but I confess there were times when I felt as if I was wrenching it out of my body with bloodied fingernails! Fiona Barton
Success Experience Book Writing Word First Say Out Fingernails Wrenching Felt Were Times Child Expectations Confess Different Created Body Meant Enjoyed Second Widow
When you think about it, psychological thrillers often involve extraordinary events happening to ordinary people. Fiona Barton
You People Events Think Extraordinary About Thrillers Involve Often Psychological Happening Ordinary Ordinary People
I chose to write from different perspectives despite its complexity because it is what I have always done as a journalist. Fiona Barton
Journalist Despite Complexity Write Because Always Done Different Perspectives Different Perspectives Chose
Once you write a book, you hand it over to the readers, and it's their book then. They're so involved. They ask questions about details that I haven't even thought about. Fiona Barton
You Book Thought Once Details About Write Over Involved Readers Hand Questions Ask Then Even
It's amazing to me that journalists are held in such low esteem. Fiona Barton
Me Amazing Journalists Esteem Low Held
When you start writing fiction, you have to learn to invent, and it's very hard at the beginning to stop relying on facts and what you've heard. Fiona Barton
You Writing Invent Beginning Relying Facts Learn Heard Very Stop Fiction Hard Start
A lot of people think journalists are criminals, and there are some who haven't helped us. But the media is essential for democratic society. Fiona Barton
People Think Society Criminals Some Journalists Democratic Democratic Society Lot Essential Us Who Helped Media
As a journalist, your words are regularly read by lots of people, but they're not your words: they're someone else's. You're quoting people. Fiona Barton
You People Words Journalist Else Someone Read Lots Quoting Your Regularly
Writing is not just about putting words on a page. Ideas have to cook first. Fiona Barton
Writing Words First About Putting Ideas Just Page Cook
For me, there has always been the irresistible lure of a secret. Fiona Barton
Me Secret Always Been Irresistible Lure
As a journalist, I've been a professional watcher, picking up the body language and verbal tics that make us individuals and interesting to others. Fiona Barton
Language Journalist Others Picking Individuals Make Verbal Been Up Interesting Us Body Body Language Professional
Yes, there are bad apples, but I do feel journalists do a good job, often in very difficult circumstances. Fiona Barton
Good Good Job Job Difficult Circumstances Bad Feel Journalists Yes Very Often Apples Difficult Circumstances

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