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Things like the movie 'Memento' are interesting to me because our memories of the things we've done and how we've behaved form our notion of who we are, what our character is. So if part of that were missing, what does that actually say about you? And what does it say about your sense of responsibility for things if you can't remember them?

From Paula Hawkins

I'm not romantic, and I don't like Christmas.

From Paula Hawkins

I was kind of broke . 'The Girl on the Train' was a last roll of the dice for me as a fiction writer.

From Paula Hawkins

I realized I do tragedy better than comedy.

From Paula Hawkins

I know people like to read about serial killers and spies, but most of us will never encounter these things. Sadly, most of the threats we encounter are at home.

From Paula Hawkins

I grew up in Zimbabwe in Southern Africa, and I moved to London when I was 17. And I started commuting and, actually, to go to college. And I used to really enjoy that part of my journey where the - it was actually a Tube train, but it was over ground, and it went right past the backs of people's houses, and I could actually see right in.

From Paula Hawkins

The first Amy Silver book was commissioned, and they were not books that came completely from me. They weren't necessarily the sort of books I read, and although I enjoyed doing them very much, and they were great training, I never felt completely comfortable in that genre.

From Paula Hawkins