Joanna Trollope Quotes

"I plot the first 5 or 6 chapters quite minutely, and also the end. So I know where I am going but not how I'm going to get there, which gives characters the chance to develop organically, as happens in real life as you get to know a person."
- Joanna Trollope
(Related: Life, Chance, End, First)

"I don't always set stories in villages, more often in towns. But always in smallish communities because the characters' actions are more visible there, and the dramatic tension is heightened."
- Joanna Trollope
(Related: Actions, Tension)

"All TV can do is capture the spirit of a book because the medium is so utterly different. But I'm very grateful for the readers that Masterpiece Theatre has undoubtedly brought me."
- Joanna Trollope
(Related: Spirit, Theatre)

"I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!"
- Joanna Trollope
(Related: Superstition, Talking)

"Oddly my name has been no professional help at all! It seems to have made no difference. I admire him hugely, both for his benevolence and his enormous psychological perception."
- Joanna Trollope
(Related: Perception, Benevolence, Difference, Help, Name)

"I've experienced huge kindness here, a great welcome and some very generous reviews without the snide social edge I often suffer from at home. I'm not patronized here either, which I much appreciate!"
- Joanna Trollope
(Related: Home, Kindness)