Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall
although asking people
I am a feminist, although I always worry saying that because you then get people asking you about the 1970s.
craft
For every prescriptive idea about the craft of fiction, there's at least one writer who makes a virtue of the contrary.
fear power relative
Fear is a relative thing; its effects are relative to power.
site tend
Dystopian novels, such as Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four,' often tend to site their despotised or deformed civilisations in urban environments.
ability deals literature magnetic people somehow step
A lot of my literature deals with these people who are somehow magnetic because they have that ability to step over lines.
amazing god knew outside roaming sort splendid wolf
When you are a kid, a wolf is an amazing sight, so sumptuous. I sort of knew these were splendid creatures, that I was not going to find them outside roaming around. It was like a dog, but not a dog. It was incredible, a god!
beauty conversation mode
The beauty of interdisciplinary conversation is that the mode of expression is essentially different for each practitioner, even if ideas are shared.
work
My work is of me; it's not me. I want it to be far more extraordinary than I am.
born county growing including lake lived perhaps raised shaped variety
Over the years, I've lived in a variety of places, including America, but I was born and raised in the Lake District, in Cumbria. Growing up in that rural, sodden, mountainous county has shaped my brain, perhaps even my temperament.
apex areas environment few good mostly predators sustain terms
Apex predators are good for an environment in terms of biodiversity and trophic cascade - we have very few. But realistically, only a few areas could sustain free-roaming wolves in Britain, mostly in Scotland.
arranging art became bullied department happened head history option school sixth year
Art history became an A-level option at my school the year I started sixth form. This happened because another student and I cajoled and bullied the head of the art department into arranging it with the examination board.
fish reason stands
It all stands to reason. You've got to fish where the fish are.
country exotic modern rural spaces
My writing is called exotic or avant-garde because I write about rural places. Has it really come to this, that if you write about the country you are avant-garde? How did this happen? Modern agriculture and spaces are still so relevant.
adventure great learned met people wonderful
I can say its been an adventure so far. Weve learned a lot and met some wonderful people and made some great contacts.