Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.

More Quotes by Joanne Harris

For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.

A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online.

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.

Online communities are an expression of loneliness.

I'm incapable of hiding my feelings when I'm around someone I don't like.

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.