Quotes About Helen Dunmore

However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned.

I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing.

The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it.