"The light needs only our trust And, of course, the darkness To work its eternal alchemy."

“I try to put my own history in my work.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com

“What you have carried in your mind about the world is what you will see around the world. What you carry in your mind about your life is what you will see in your life.”

“Don't tell readers what to think. Let the action speak for itself.”

Source : Paula McLain (2012). “The Paris Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.109, Ballantine Books

“Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose.”

“Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation

“I always want to write something better than the last book.”

“When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of behaving with integrity.”

“Cambridge is heaven, I am convinced it is the nicest place in the world to live. As you walk round, most people look incredibly bright, as if they are probably off to win a Nobel prize.”

Source : "Sophie Hannah: 'It's surprising how many poems turn out to be about sex'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2014.