I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already.

It is horrid to smirk.

When someone loves you it's like having a blanket all round your heart.

It occurred to me that if Africa needed us, sometimes we needed Africa a great deal more.

I like you very much. Just as you are.

It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.

Sink into morbid, cynical reflection on how much romantic heartbreak is to do with ego and miffed pride rather than actual loss

One must not live one's life through men but must be complete on oneself as a woman of substance.

No one is thinking about you. They're thinking about themselves, just like you.

Tom has a theory that homosexuals and single women in their thirties have natural bonding: both being accustomed to disappointing their parents and being treated as freaks by society.

It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear an uplift bra.

Don't believe everything you are told, if it resonates within you, then listen and act.

Learning is crucial if you want to remain special and material

Humans are fascinated by emotional material. We are always intrigued by the news and tragic events that are covered in the TV, radio, and newspapers.

There are times, Kruppe murmurs, when celibacy born of sad deprivation becomes a boon, nay, a source of great relief.

I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else's insecurities to be your own.

I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.

My work begun to spread out. And calls to the universities begun to take me out of my garden, you know.

If it is man's privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter - dependent.

Every time I change the way I explain myself to myself, I have to rearrange the story of my life.

Be the master of your will but the servant of your conscience.