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Joanne Harris
British
Author
Born:
Jul 3
,
1964
About
Life
Me
People
Think
You
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I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.
Joanne Harris
Absolutely
Write
Anywhere
Laptop
Need
Online communities are an expression of loneliness.
Joanne Harris
Loneliness
Online
Communities
Expression
For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.
Joanne Harris
Me
Stillness
Stars
Magic
Hawaii
Sea
In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person's work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule.
Joanne Harris
Work
Satire
Old
Brilliant
Criticism
Enter
Dared
Criticise
Critics
Only
Arena
Days
Wit
Equal
Were
Erudition
Very
Inferior
Person
Often
Literary
Literary Criticism
Literature
Old Days
Required
Measures
Ridicule
Butt
From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.
Joanne Harris
Good
Me
Age
Mother
Job
Advice
Young
Proper
Could
Write
Had
Very
Young Age
Good Advice
Persuaded
Fun
A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online.
Joanne Harris
Life
Real Life
Seems
Online
Real
Tantrum
Bigger
Little
Much
It may be something to do with my having been to a girls' school, but I'm far more comfortable making male friendships than female ones. My friends tend to be men and their significant others.
Joanne Harris
School
Men
Girl
Others
Significant
Something
Having
More
Tend
Comfortable
Female
Making
Been
Male
Friends
Friendships
Than
May
Far
We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met my father when he visited France as a student on a teaching placement.
Joanne Harris
Home
School
Mother
Father
Met
France
Visited
Student
He
Spoke
Know
Until
French
Any
Placement
Teaching
English
I think everybody has a secret life.
Joanne Harris
Life
Think
Everybody
Secret
If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.
Joanne Harris
Work
Me
You
Mother
Some
Brought
Something
Up
Want
Ethic
My parents were language teachers. They talked about teaching all the time and all their friends were teachers. It was considered a pre-ordained thing that I would go into teaching.
Joanne Harris
Time
Language
Parents
Considered
Would
About
Talked
Go
Were
Friends
Teachers
Teaching
Thing
Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.
Joanne Harris
You
Yourself
World
Focus
Somebody
Become
Before
Think
Else
About
Parent
Terms
Mostly
Shifts
Children
I first saw the island of Noirmoutier when I was two weeks old. I think it's probably safe to say that I didn't fully appreciate it at the time; but I grew to love it as year after year I spent holidays there at my grandparents' cottage.
Joanne Harris
Love
Time
Old
First
Year
Think
Saw
Say
Spent
Cottage
Weeks
Safe
Island
Grew
After
Holidays
To Love
Grandparents
Fully
Two
Two Weeks
Appreciate
I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.
Joanne Harris
Love
People
Cause
Ending
Books
About
Argue
Controversy
Violently
I've nothing against kids reading anything they please, but I do have a problem with pink books for girls and black books for boys.
Joanne Harris
Problem
Black
Girl
Reading
Nothing
Please
Books
Kids
Boy
Pink
Anything
Against
I don't think I've ever had a mentor. The closest thing is my friend Christopher Fowler, another writer. Chris kept me sane for a long time before I made it.
Joanne Harris
Time
Me
Made
Long
Long Time
Before
Think
Christopher
My Friend
Mentor
Writer
Had
Another
Friend
Closest
Closest Thing
Sane
Chris
Ever
Thing
Kept
I have an English identity and a French identity. When I'm in France, I'm more outgoing. And the French part of me cooks, whereas the English part of me writes.
Joanne Harris
Me
France
Outgoing
More
Writes
Part
French
Identity
Whereas
English
Cooks
If you want to know what's important to a culture, learn their language.
Joanne Harris
You
Culture
Language
Important
Know
Learn
Want
I'm quite an untidy person in a lot of ways. But order makes me happy. I have to have a clear desk and a tidy desktop, with as few visual distractions as possible. I don't mind sound distractions, but visual ones freak me out.
Joanne Harris
Me
Happy
Mind
Few
Ways
Out
Possible
Distractions
Visual
Freak
Clear
Tidy
Makes
Sound
Lot
Person
Quite
Order
Desk
Desktop
I was convinced I'd hate Twitter - but I've come to like it very much. I use it mostly to keep in touch with friends and colleagues I wish I could see more often - I sometimes feel a little isolated living in Yorkshire, and it's nice to have the contact.
Joanne Harris
Hate
Sometimes
Wish
Nice
Living
Twitter
Colleagues
See
Touch
More
Could
Contact
Feel
Come
Like
Mostly
Isolated
Friends
Very
Yorkshire
Often
Little
Much
Convinced
Use
Keep
I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.
Joanne Harris
Music
Writing
Editing
Relax
Listen
Often
Need
Writing books and being paid for it - it's not like winning the Lottery. You can't suddenly go, 'Yippee!' and start throwing tenners in the air. I've done pretty well out of it, but certainly not enough to say, 'Right, that's me set up for life.'
Joanne Harris
Life
Me
You
Writing
Enough
Air
Books
Say
Out
Pretty
Winning
Throwing
Like
Well
Go
Lottery
Up
Done
Being
Paid
Certainly
Suddenly
Right
Start
Set
When I write, I'm constantly putting myself in the position of someone else as I write using myriad voices; I think that's a life skill all people should learn.
Joanne Harris
Life
Myself
People
Think
Else
All People
Constantly
Someone
Myriad
Voices
Write
Putting
Learn
Skill
Should
Using
Position
I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.
Joanne Harris
People
Cities
Constant
Fond
Activity
I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.
Joanne Harris
Challenges
Try
Own
Difficult
Something
My Own
More
Tendency
Pick
Up
Want
As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.
Joanne Harris
Time
Criticism
Our
Ways
Reviews
Expect
Authors
From Time To Time
Unfriendly
Coping
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