Joanne Harris People Quotations

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.

I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.

My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.

Places have their own characters. . . . But the people begin to look the same.

I am fascinated by how people eat and what it reveals about them.

I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.

People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on.

Guilleaume left La Praline with a small bag of florentines in his pocket; before he had turned the corner of avenue des Francs Bourgeois I saw him stoop to offer one to the dog. A pat, a bark, a wagging of the short stubby tail. As I said, some people never have to think about giving.

Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.