Joanne Harris
Joanne Harris
Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris, MBEis an English author, best known for her award-winning novel Chocolat which was later turned into a successful film. The film adaption was released in 2000, directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin and Johnny Depp. It was nominated for 8 BAFTAS and 5 Oscars...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth3 July 1964
queens cat night
Like a domestic cat, purring on the sofa by day, but by night, a strutting queen, a natural killer, disdainful of her other life.
good-luck midnight spiders
A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.
beautiful eye men
It's a feeling which tells me that any woman can be beautiful in the eyes of a man who loves her.
differences house making-a-difference
It isn't just a village. The houses aren't just places to live. Everything belongs to everybody. Everyone belongs to everyone else. Even a single person can make a difference.
lying real broken
Some things can be both real and imaginary at the same time, . . . some lies can be true, . . . broken faith may be restored.
everyday-things magic warning
The right circumstances sometimes happen of their own accord, slyly, without fanfare, without warning. Layman's alchemy. . . . The magic of everyday things.
writing littles madness
The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign.
character people looks
Places have their own characters. . . . But the people begin to look the same.
mother moving wind
That wind. I see it's blowing now. Furtive but commanding, it has dictated every move we've ever made. My mother felt it, and so do I - even here, even now - as it sweeps us like leaves into his backseat corner, dancing us to shreds against the stones. V'la l'bon vent, v'a l'joli vent. I though we'd silenced it for good. But the smallest thing can wake the wind@ a word, a sign, even a death. There's no such thing as a trivial thing. Everything costs; it all adds up until finally the balance shifts and we're gone again, back on the road, telling ourselves - well maybe next time
challenges trying want
I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.
dream stories scent
I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.
writing editing relax
I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.
writing laptops needs
I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.
toasts
I am not at all a chocoholic. I would rather eat anchovy toast.