Author: Sarah Pinborough

Quotes

I don't mind a narrator who's self-deceiving, but the clues for their truth have to be there for the reader to see.

I don't mind a narrator who's self-deceiving, but the clues for their truth have to be there for the reader to see.

- Sarah Pinborough

Adults lie to themselves all the time about what is acceptable, but kids know what is right and wrong.

Adults lie to themselves all the time about what is acceptable, but kids know what is right and wrong.

- Sarah Pinborough

Anyone who has to have the word 'charming' in their name probably isn't - just take a look at any dating site where men use 'prince charming' in their description.

Anyone who has to have the word 'charming' in their name probably isn't - just take a look at any dating site where men use 'prince charming' in their description.

- Sarah Pinborough

We all love a bit of 'true love conquers all,' and when I started on 'Poison,' 'Charm' and 'Beauty,' that was one rule of the fairy tale formula that I didn't want to break.

We all love a bit of 'true love conquers all,' and when I started on 'Poison,' 'Charm' and 'Beauty,' that was one rule of the fairy tale formula that I didn't want to break.

- Sarah Pinborough

It would appear that I just love writing many different stories.

It would appear that I just love writing many different stories.

- Sarah Pinborough

The only rule I have in how I let characters tell stories is that they must always tell the reader their version of the truth. No one likes being outright lied to, even in fiction.

The only rule I have in how I let characters tell stories is that they must always tell the reader their version of the truth. No one likes being outright lied to, even in fiction.

- Sarah Pinborough

Never trust a narrator whose opening gambit is to insist he's not mad.

Never trust a narrator whose opening gambit is to insist he's not mad.

- Sarah Pinborough

I would quite like to become a mainstream thriller writer, obviously, because I enjoy writing those stories, and it is the best way to secure your career.

I would quite like to become a mainstream thriller writer, obviously, because I enjoy writing those stories, and it is the best way to secure your career.

- Sarah Pinborough

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