19 Paula Hawkins Quotes for You to Enjoy

Paula Hawkins

American Politician

Born: Jan 24, 1927

Died: Dec 4, 2009

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Things like the movie 'Memento' are interesting to me because our memories of the things we've done and how we've behaved form our notion of who we are, what our character is. So if part of that were missing, what does that actually say about you? And what does it say about your sense of responsibility for things if you can't remember them? Paula Hawkins

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I realized I do tragedy better than comedy. Paula Hawkins

Better Comedy Tragedy Than Realized

The journalism, I was a financial journalist - it's very good training as a writer. You have to write for deadlines; you have a certain economy of phrasing. As a training ground as a writer, it's fantastic. I also think it teaches you to be observant, to listen to people, and gives you an ear of dialogue from doing interviews. Paula Hawkins

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I grew up in Zimbabwe in Southern Africa, and I moved to London when I was 17. And I started commuting and, actually, to go to college. And I used to really enjoy that part of my journey where the - it was actually a Tube train, but it was over ground, and it went right past the backs of people's houses, and I could actually see right in. Paula Hawkins

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The first Amy Silver book was commissioned, and they were not books that came completely from me. They weren't necessarily the sort of books I read, and although I enjoyed doing them very much, and they were great training, I never felt completely comfortable in that genre. Paula Hawkins

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When I wrote 'The Girl on the Train,' nobody knew who I was, and that's quite a comfortable position to be writing in. Paula Hawkins

Writing Girl Knew Nobody Wrote Comfortable Train Quite Who Position

The sort of enjoyment that we all get from that voyeuristic impulse of looking into other people's house as we pass them, and the idea that there might be something sinister or strange going on in the houses we pass every day or in our neighborhood, is a very compelling idea. Paula Hawkins

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I don't have a partner, so I take care of the mortgage by myself, and I was thinking, 'Oh God, I'm going to have to sell the house or find a new career.' I was not in a good place, but it was a real spur to get 'The Girl on the Train' right. I had to nail it and do it really well. It really concentrates the mind, that kind of thing. Paula Hawkins

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I spent a lot of time writing about tax and pensions and mortgages. Paula Hawkins

Time Writing Spent Pensions About Mortgages Lot Tax

I wrote four novels under the name Amy Silver. The first one was commissioned, and I was given basically the whole plot and the characters. They told me what to do, and I went straight away and did it. After that, I continued, and I was coming up with more my own ideas, although they did steer me. Paula Hawkins

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I have a fascination with the nasty things people do to each other and the way relationships go wrong, and how there can be this very dark underbelly to seemingly normal, mundane domestic life. They're the stories in the newspapers I always find interesting. That's not a very nice thing to admit to, is it? Paula Hawkins

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My idea of fun is to sit looking at a blank wall in a cottage, making up stories in utter silence. The thought of going back to work in an office is horrendous. Paula Hawkins

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One of the lovely things about writing when nobody knows who you are is there's no expectation. Paula Hawkins

You Writing Expectation About Nobody Knows Lovely Who Things

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