Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfieldis a British author whose 2006 debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, became a New York Times No. 1 best-seller. It is written in the Gothic tradition, with echoes of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Her debut novel was turned into a television film...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth22 August 1964
running wall lying
My gripe is not with lovers of the truth but with truth herself. What succor, what consolation is there in truth, compared to a story? What good is truth, at midnight, in the dark, when the wind is roaring like a bear in the chimney? When the lightning strikes shadows on the bedroom wall and the rain taps at the window with its long fingernails? No. When fear and cold make a statue of you in your bed, don't expect hard-boned and fleshless truth to come running to your aid. What you need are the plump comforts of a story. The soothing, rocking safety of a lie.
children heart soul
All children mythologise their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.
mean realizing ill
She was a do-gooder, which means that all the ill she did, she did without realizing it.
reading dangerous
Reading can be dangerous.
kindness world should
In this cruel world kindness should always be repaid.
past destiny doors
Sometimes when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny.
people looks trouble
To anyone who took the trouble to look, I was plainly visible, but when people are expecting to see nothing, that is usually what they see.
once-upon-a-time godmother stories
Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times.
simple reason novel
I read *old* novels. The reason is simple. I prefer proper endings.
names needs call-me
Emmeline didn't call me anything. She didn't need, for I was always there. You only need names for the absent.
remember sometimes about-yourself
Sometimes you can know things. Things about yourself. Things from before you can remember.
book pages conan
Prescription: 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take ten pages, twice a day, til end of course.
people horror forget
One gets so used to one's own horrors, one forgets how they must seem to other people.
integrity people healthy
People whose lives are not balanced by a healthy love of money suffer from an appalling obsession with personal integrity.