Author: Sarah Pinborough

Quotes

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

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

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

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

- Sarah Pinborough

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

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

The strange thing about living somewhere for a couple of years and then moving on and not returning is that those locations become ghosts of themselves in your mind.

The strange thing about living somewhere for a couple of years and then moving on and not returning is that those locations become ghosts of themselves in your mind.

- 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

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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