I love film and, particularly, shorts. You don't get to see them often, and they're a great little form, like a short story. Sarah Waters filmformgreat Change image and share on social
I knew I'd always be a second-rate academic, and I thought, 'Well, I'd rather be a second-rate novelist or even a third-rate one'. Sarah Waters academicknownovelist Change image and share on social
I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer. Sarah Waters homeoccurwrite Change image and share on social
I'm interested in stories that aren't getting told: it's where my interests lie. Sarah Waters interestliestory Change image and share on social
People say, 'You're like Dickens', but I'm not like Dickens. Zadie Smith is a Dickensian writer because she's writing about society now, just as Dickens was writing about his society. Sarah Waters dickendickensianpeople Change image and share on social
When theatre works, it's like nothing else, and when it doesn't, which is often, it's excruciating. It's perhaps not so excruciating when a novel goes wrong, but there is a kind of magic that can and should happen. Sarah Waters excruciatehappenkind share on social
Ours is a world which feels so unsettled and dangerous in large ways, whether it's terrorism or global financial meltdown or climate change - huge things that affect us deeply, and yet things about which we can do, individually, very little. Sarah Waters affectchangeclimate share on social
The relationship you have with your mother is like nothing else. They do kind of know everything about you, even though they don't confront it. That is often a dynamic from childhood onwards. As a teenager, you want to be independent and do slightly furtive things. Sarah Waters childhoodconfrontdynamic share on social
My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service. Sarah Waters familygrammargrandparent Change image and share on social
Sometimes I think I'd be perfectly happy to go on rewriting 'Tipping the Velvet' forever because it was so much fun. Sarah Waters foreverfunhappy Change image and share on social
