Quotes by Nina Bawden

Nina Bawden

A writer’s work may be a coded autobiography, but only a very close friend could decipher it.

Close Friends

May

Writing

Adults get more confused by social worker jargon. Unlike children, they are also less likely to see two sides of an argument, and they no longer think they can make the world a better place. That can make them rather boring, I suppose.

Children

Confused

Thinking

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story… They are terrible people.

Liars

People

Tragedy

All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.

Thieves

Tools

Writing

But I don’t write about sex for today’s teenagers. Or Doc Martens boots either. I’m more interested in exploring how exactly the world is run, which doesn’t really change that much from one generation to another.

Running

Sex

Teenager

Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults.

Adults

Children

Stronger

I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor.

Angry

Survivor

Victim

I dislike the word ‘victim.’ I dislike being told that I ‘lost’ my husband – as if I had idly abandoned you by the side of the railway track like an unwanted pair of old shoes.

Husband

Shoes

Track

I grew up on a suburban street with lace curtains and dull neighbours, so I made up stories to tell my friend, in which they became serial killers and burglars. She told her mother, who then told mine.

Made Up Stories

Mother

Serial Killer

I hope in my books I help children to see their strengths, and show them I have some idea of what they may occasionally be going through. Especially at tricky moments when it is easier to go back and evade things rather than go forwards and confront them.

Book

Children

Ideas

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Jobs

Liars

Life Is

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Made Up Stories

May

Mean

Mother

Oxford

People

Raf

Remember

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Safety

School

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Quotes by Nina Bawden

Nina Bawden

A writer’s work may be a coded autobiography, but only a very close friend could decipher it.

Adults get more confused by social worker jargon. Unlike children, they are also less likely to see two sides of an argument, and they no longer think they can make the world a better place. That can make them rather boring, I suppose.

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story… They are terrible people.

All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.

But I don’t write about sex for today’s teenagers. Or Doc Martens boots either. I’m more interested in exploring how exactly the world is run, which doesn’t really change that much from one generation to another.

Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults.

I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor.

I dislike the word ‘victim.’ I dislike being told that I ‘lost’ my husband – as if I had idly abandoned you by the side of the railway track like an unwanted pair of old shoes.

I grew up on a suburban street with lace curtains and dull neighbours, so I made up stories to tell my friend, in which they became serial killers and burglars. She told her mother, who then told mine.

I hope in my books I help children to see their strengths, and show them I have some idea of what they may occasionally be going through. Especially at tricky moments when it is easier to go back and evade things rather than go forwards and confront them.

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