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Lisa Jewell
Lisa Jewell
British Author
Born: Jul 19, 1968
Book Love Me Time Writing You
Related authors: Dorothy L. Sayers George Eliot George Orwell Ian Fleming James Allen Marcus Buckingham Neil Gaiman Virginia Woolf
A strange side effect of sudden success is the sense that if you can succeed in one field, then it might well be worth trying to succeed in another. Lisa Jewell
Success You Strange Worth Sense Field Side Well Another Effect Trying Succeed Might Success Is Then Sudden
In 1995, I was 27, and I completely got caught up in Blur and Oasis and the fashion of the time. Lisa Jewell
Time Fashion Oasis Got Caught Up Blur
The older I get, the more I love psychological thrillers. Lisa Jewell
Love Older More Thrillers Get Psychological
I take the six weeks of the school summer holidays off because I'm pretty sure I'm not going to look back on my life one day and say, 'Damn, I wish I hadn't spent so much time with my children.' Lisa Jewell
Life Time Day School My Life Wish Damn Back Summer Say Spent One Day Pretty Weeks Take Look Sure Because Off Going Six So Much Time Children Holidays Much
Writing a book is not easy. Lisa Jewell
Book Writing Easy
Every brilliant book I read is an influence and an inspiration. As is every brilliant movie I watch and every brilliant box set. Lisa Jewell
Book Brilliant Every Inspiration Read Box Influence Movie Watch Set
I must always, always have a box of Extra chewing gum in my bag because I have developed a terrible cheek-chewing compulsion. It's not only uncomfortable, but I look really weird when I'm doing it, and chewing gum is the only way I can stop myself. Lisa Jewell
Myself Extra Way Must Gum Only Compulsion Uncomfortable Developed Bag Weird Look Terrible Box Because Always Doing Chewing Chewing Gum Stop Really
It wasn't until I was 23 and got married to a guy who was really bookish that I got completely hooked on reading and writing again. He had so many paperbacks, I didn't have to buy a book for four and a half years. Lisa Jewell
Buy Book Writing Half Reading Hooked Married Guy Had He Until Half Years Got Years Again Really Who Many Four
I knew I wasn't the sort of person who could do a full-time job and write in the evening and at weekends. Lisa Jewell
Job Could Weekends Write Knew Sort Person Full-Time Full-Time Job Who Evening
Sometimes you need to be shaken out of a situation. Lisa Jewell
You Sometimes Situation Out Shaken Need
Whenever I watch any kind of competition, my immediate reaction when they call out the name of the winner is to look at the loser. Lisa Jewell
Competition Winner Immediate Immediate Reaction Out Kind Name Look Reaction Call Loser Any Whenever Watch
I was made redundant from a job as a PA in a shirt-making company in 1996. I was devastated. I had been there for three years, and it was a job I really liked. Lisa Jewell
Job Made Three Devastated Had Liked Redundant Been Years Pa Really Company
Nick Hornby's a genius. Lisa Jewell
Genius Nick
My mother's childhood was complex, disjointed, and disturbing. As children, we would gather round and ask her to tell us again and again The Story of Her Childhood. It was Grimmsian, Andersenesque: a classic fairy tale replete with goodies and baddies. Lisa Jewell
Mother Complex Tell Would Classic Disturbing Tale Fairy Fairy Tale Replete Childhood Children Story Again Disjointed Ask Us Round Her Gather
My mother was born on February 8, 1944, in Lucknow, India. Her father, Albert, was half-Indian and half-Portuguese. Lisa Jewell
Mother Father India Born February Her Albert
My mother died in 2005. She was 61 years old. Lisa Jewell
Mother Old She Years Died
I write in cafes, never at home. I cannot focus at home, am forever getting off my chair to do other things. In a cafe, I have to sit still, or I'll look a bit unhinged. Lisa Jewell
Home Cafe Focus Sit Other Bit Write Never Look Am Still Off Forever Getting Cannot Chair Things
No man ever fell in love with me for the way I fill out a Lycra dress. Lisa Jewell
Love Me Man Way Out Dress Fell Fill Ever
When we were kids, we couldn't wait to have our own rooms, not to have to share anymore. And that is what I love about having my own bedroom. It is mine. My sleep is mine. Both pillows are mine. If I wake up, it is me who has woken me up... It makes me feel like a grown-up. I love it. Lisa Jewell
Love Me Wait Wake Up Own Our Mine Kids About My Own Having Both Share Feel Like Makes Bedroom Pillows Were Wake Up Anymore Rooms Who Grown-Up Sleep
My husband loves having his own room. Lisa Jewell
Husband Own Having His Loves Room
My marriage is far from perfect. We're not hand-holdy and soft. We are snippy and bickery. We sleep in separate beds because we have no tolerance of each other's night-time idiosyncrasies. Lisa Jewell
Marriage Tolerance Other Perfect Because Idiosyncrasies Beds Far Separate Each Sleep Soft
Don't do a hard sell or try to tell the agent that you're going to be a bestseller or the next John Grisham. This goes down very badly. If your work is good, then they are skilled enough to know this within a few pages. Lisa Jewell
Work Good You Try Few Down Enough Tell John Bestseller John Grisham Badly Know Within Sell Very Goes Going Agent Then Next Skilled Pages Your Hard
I always wanted to write psychological thrillers. Lisa Jewell
Thrillers Write Always Wanted Psychological
There are people out there who would enjoy my books but wouldn't pick them up because they think it's not going to be for them. I find it infuriating.There's a lot more going on in my books than just romance. Lisa Jewell
People Enjoy Think Books Out Would Find More Pick Because Lot Up Than Going Just Romance Them Who
Flowers would be wasted on me. I don't like valentines. I don't need gifts. I'm a pragmatic romantic. Lisa Jewell
Me Valentines Gifts Would Would-Be Like Pragmatic Romantic Wasted Flowers Need
I like the fact that my husband and I have been together for a long time and have a warm and colourful history together. Lisa Jewell
Time History Together Husband Long Long Time Fact Like Been Warm
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