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
knock seat sit terrific
If you can actually get someone to sit on the edge of their seat and feel nervous if there's a knock at the door, then you've done something pretty terrific as a writer.
cities people constant
I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.
considered language parents talked teaching time
My parents were language teachers. They talked about teaching all the time and all their friends were teachers. It was considered a pre-ordained thing that I would go into teaching.
circle created internet
The interesting thing about the Internet is that it has created a kind of alternative circle of friends for people.
feelings devil admiration
Nat Parson says it's the devil's mark." "Nat Parson's a gobshite." Maddy was torn between a natural feeling of sacrilege and a deep admiration of anyone who dared call a parson 'gobshite.
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.
hands faults
Was it my fault that I got out of hand? --Loki
feelings hiding incapable
I'm incapable of hiding my feelings when I'm around someone I don't like.
tamed
A named thing is a tamed thing.
survival alternatives sometimes
Sometimes survival is the worst alternative there is
gang cannons bits
I'm politically inclined towards the left, but I don't like to be in anyone's gang; I'm a bit of a loose cannon.
summer wind rushing
We came in the wind of the carnival. A wind of change, or promises. The merry wind, the magical wind, making March hares of everyone, tumbling blossoms and coat-tails and hats; rushing towards summer in a frenzy of exuberance.
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.
toasts
I am not at all a chocoholic. I would rather eat anchovy toast.