Gail Honeyman Quotes

Gail Honeyman
Scottish Writer
Born: 1972
Kindness Loneliness People Think Work You
Related authors: Alexander McCall Smith Armando Iannucci Frances Wright Grant Morrison Henry Drummond John Burnside Robert Louis Stevenson Steven Moffat
We can all fight against loneliness by engaging in random acts of kindness. Gail Honeyman
Kindness Loneliness Fight Random Against Engaging Acts
I was hurtling towards 40, and I'd always wanted to write. It does focus your mind, heading towards that big birthday. If there is anything you think you want to do, you think, 'I probably should have a go now!' Gail Honeyman
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I don't come to London very often. Gail Honeyman
London Come Very Often
Even with the most horrendous things that happen and the tremendous pain that people have to deal with, they still laugh, because I think that's what it means to be human. Gail Honeyman
People Pain Think Tremendous Laugh Horrendous Most Because Deal Still Human Happen Means Even Things
I've always found Glasgow to be a wonderful city - warm and funny and full of kindness. Gail Honeyman
Funny Kindness Wonderful City Glasgow Always Warm Full Found
Eleanor Oliphant isn't me or anyone I know. Of course I've felt loneliness - everybody does - but Eleanor and her experiences are fictional. Gail Honeyman
Loneliness Me Everybody Know Course Felt Does Experiences Anyone Fictional Her
If I've helped fuel the debate on loneliness in some small way, that is wonderful. Gail Honeyman
Loneliness Wonderful Debate Way Some Small Fuel Helped
I wanted to show platonic friendship between men and women, because I think it is underutilised in fiction. Gail Honeyman
Friendship Women Men Men And Women Think Between Because Fiction Wanted Show Platonic
If you break things down to goodies and baddies, the baddies are always a bit more alluring in fiction, and that's true from a narrative point of view. But I wanted to write a novel about real life, and real life is a bit more nuanced than that. Gail Honeyman
Life You Life Is A Real Life Down Bit About More Point Point Of View Write Alluring True Narrative Always Real Than Fiction Wanted Break View Novel Things
A bit of perspective and life experience isn't a bad thing. Gail Honeyman
Life Experience Perspective Bit Bad Life Experience Bad Thing Thing
I started doing a Ph.D., and then I thought, 'I don't really want to spend all this time on my own in the library.' Gail Honeyman
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'Eleanor' was so much fun to write, because there's a brutal honesty about her. She's got no filters and no concept of social norms. Gail Honeyman
Honesty Filters About Brutal Write Concept She Because Got Norms So Much Fun Social Much Fun Her
Loneliness is a huge issue for both individuals and for society. It's taken a long time for the issue to be treated seriously and for us to begin to understand the impact it can have. Gail Honeyman
Time Loneliness Seriously Long Long Time Society Impact Both Taken Individuals Understand Issue Huge Begin Us Treated
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities they have, their greatest fear, I don't actually see their faces. Gail Honeyman
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The workplace can be a good place to find opportunities to socialise, but what if you don't meet any like-minded people there, or what if you work alone? Is it, somewhat counter-intuitively, easier to find yourself lonely in a city than in a small town or village? Gail Honeyman
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