Author: Sarah Gavron

Quotes

I had a mother who got involved in grassroot politics when I was growing up. I watched her have agency and become political in a very male-dominated world.

I had a mother who got involved in grassroot politics when I was growing up. I watched her have agency and become political in a very male-dominated world.

- Sarah Gavron

I suppose 'This Little Life' and 'Brick Lane' both have things in common in that they have a female protagonist very much at the centre of the story, and they're subjectively told.

I suppose 'This Little Life' and 'Brick Lane' both have things in common in that they have a female protagonist very much at the centre of the story, and they're subjectively told.

- Sarah Gavron

My grandmother - my mother's mother - was a German Jewish refugee, an only child who came here from Berlin in 1936 at the age of 17.

My grandmother - my mother's mother - was a German Jewish refugee, an only child who came here from Berlin in 1936 at the age of 17.

- Sarah Gavron

As a teenager, I was really interested in drama and art. I did painting and drawing. I did some acting and loved theater.

As a teenager, I was really interested in drama and art. I did painting and drawing. I did some acting and loved theater.

- Sarah Gavron

I would love to see more diversity on all sides, and not just in terms of women; we need people from different walks of life making films.

I would love to see more diversity on all sides, and not just in terms of women; we need people from different walks of life making films.

- Sarah Gavron

So many women don't have voices in their governments.

So many women don't have voices in their governments.

- Sarah Gavron

It's well proven that if you have equality in society, society flourishes, and if you have inequality, it doesn't. So it's good for everybody.

It's well proven that if you have equality in society, society flourishes, and if you have inequality, it doesn't. So it's good for everybody.

- Sarah Gavron

I think the main thing for young women is to have confidence and not be afraid to challenge continuing inequalities, because that's the only way you'll get change.

I think the main thing for young women is to have confidence and not be afraid to challenge continuing inequalities, because that's the only way you'll get change.

- Sarah Gavron

The late Victorian Era brought in part-time education. Not everybody went to school, but they were supposed to have a decent level of schooling; they went part-time after 12.

The late Victorian Era brought in part-time education. Not everybody went to school, but they were supposed to have a decent level of schooling; they went part-time after 12.

- Sarah Gavron

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