Louise Doughty quotes

Writing gets easier once you know your allies and banish your enemies. (Louise Doughty)
I think I have become a better writer since having children. It improves creativity, particularly because once you have children it makes you realise the story isn't about you. View quote
Louise Doughty
It's the very awfulness of [murder] that makes reading about it feel so cozy. View quote
Louise Doughty
Love built on pain-the kind that lasts: whatever you love can be taken away from us at any moment but the loss of what we love belongs to us forever. View quote
Louise Doughty
Muscle has memory: the body knows things the mind will not admit. View quote
Louise Doughty

Louise Doughty

Occupation: Novelist
Quotes count: 5

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