Author: Joanne Harris

Quotes

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.

- Joanne Harris

If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.

If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.

- Joanne Harris

Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.

Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.

- Joanne Harris

The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.

The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.

- Joanne Harris

I think everybody has a secret life.

I think everybody has a secret life.

- Joanne Harris

We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met my father when he visited France as a student on a teaching placement.

We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met my father when he visited France as a student on a teaching placement.

- Joanne Harris

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