W.P. Kinsella Quotes

Maybe my identity's been stolen. Or maybe I was sleep-shopping!

Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail.

It really is the year 2007. Which means I must be... Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight. I'm old.

Your father always tries to see the good side of people; to find the excuse. But sometimes there isn't a good side. There isn't an excuse. (Mom - to Lara Lington)

Still, that's the point of love; you love someone despite their flaws.

I can't cook. I don't have the right brain for it, somehow. I can't walk into a room and tidy it up. I get distracted. I pick up one thing and I start looking at it. And my cooking is truly heinous.

When I'm on a break from writing, I'll log on to Amazon and eBay. The doorbell is constantly being rung by deliverymen.

If it's in the bin, it's public property.

Why can't parents dance? Is it some universal law of physics or something?

Becky! Love!" Mum has pushed her way through her dancing guests to reach me. "What's wrong? Has labor started?" Honestly. My family has no idea about contemporary urban street dance trends.

Obviously this is engagement ring city. Couples are wandering along and girls are pointing through the windows and the men are smiling but all look slightly sick whenever their girlfriends turn away.

There are moments in life that the white-chocolate Magnum ice cream was invented for, and this is one of them.

I'm sitting at the dinner table, wearing my future mother-in-law's underwear. It's like some twisted dream that you wake up and thinkL Crikey Moses! Thank God that didn't really happen!

Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be.

Sam doesn't hesitate for a minute. 'You say, "Mr and Mrs Tavish, you're making me feel inferior. Do you really think I'm inferior or is it just in my mind?

Women need chocolate. It's a scientific fact.

Oh, this shouldn't be allowed. There should be a rule which says that people you've met in the gym should never meet you in real life.

I mean, when I think about it, what's more important? Clothes - or the miracle of new life?

I know this is our honeymoon. But just sometimes, I wish Luke was a girl.

Whoever it was, whether I knew them or not, if I could help in some way, I would. I mean, if you can help, you have to help. Don't you think? - Poppy Wyatt

Jeez Louise. I know why rich people are so thin: it's from trekking around their humongous houses the whole time.

There's genuine pain in Eric's eyes. And I feel a stab of guilt. But you can't stay with people because of guilt.

You never know how things are going to turn out, however much you plan. But you already know that.

... what would Poirot do? Poirot wouldn't flap around in a panic. He'd stay calm and use his little grey cells and recall some tiny, vital detail which would be the clue to everything.

Great. Just great. One glimpse of his body and I have a full-blown crush. I honestly thought I was a bit deeper than that.

I can't get over this. Dad isn't Sam's dad? Dad is a friend? How was I supposed to know that? People shouldn't be allowed to sign themselves as Dad unless they are your dad. It should be the law.

You're working for me cut out the attitude.

I bet he never goes on YouTube. He's too busy. It's only tragic cases like you and me who are always online.

My real name is Madeleine Wickham, under which I write dramas with an edge of humour. As Sophie Kinsella its fast, all-out comedies, such as the Shopaholic series.

A divorce is like a controlled explosion. Everyone on the outside is OK.

I've never written a children's book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, 'Children's books?' Maybe it's something about my face.

I'm an impulse buyer. I don't really go out with a list.

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance

Ok. don't panic. Don't panic. It's only a VISA bill. It's a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be?

No human on God's earth is a nobody.

I can see the warmth. He's falling for me.

If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be.

I had no plans to be a writer. My teenaged bid for stardom was to be a pop star... which, ahem, didn't exactly work out.

Oh, please. If she's going to use Mr. Darcy to prop up her arguments, I give up.

Because the state necessarily commits aggression, the consistent libertarian, in opposing aggression, is also an anarchist.

Heroes don't need to talk about what they did.

My main income came from failed movie and TV options.

I'm a big fan of curling, follow all the major world events. Watch all four Tennis majors.

The Great Gatsby, the finest novel ever written.

I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.

At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.

I've played [Scrabble] tournaments for about 20 years. My daughter, Erin, who lives with me, also travels to tournaments. While I'm not a top division player, I've won a number of tournaments.

In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.

Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.

Curt Flood, of course, was in a class by himself, a true hero.