Carole Morin - Family Quotes

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There's a theory that if you have an interesting childhood then you have enough material to last a lifetime. But that implies that art is always autobiographical when reinvention and imagination are the most important elements. But it doesn't hurt to have a mad family! Of course I didn't notice until I'd escaped – when I left home as a teenager on a diplomatic scholarship – how odd my family were.

Carole Morin

Writing is hard work. Even when you start with the raw ingredients – a mad family, a sense of humour, talent…it's hard work. But you do get to sit around in silk pyjamas all day.

Carole Morin