Look into your heart- and go after what you really want.
Being a journalist is good if you want to write books: it teaches you to get beyond the blank screen. My books have been described as froth, but there’s scope to be witty and ironic about everything in life.
There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.
Honestly, shopping beats therapy, anytime. It costs the same and you get a dress out of it.
Some things are best left a blur. Births and Visa Bills.
If your life’s at a juncture and you need to think about things, there’s nowhere better than home. However old you are.
We all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already possess. Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends.
Once you’ve started cheating, does it really matter what your methods are?
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.
Oh, please. If she’s going to use Mr. Darcy to prop up her arguments, I give up.
If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband.
Youth is still where you left it, and that’s where it should stay. Anything that was worth taking on life’s journey, you’ll already have taken with you.
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.
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.
You never know how things are going to turn out, however much you plan. But you already know that.
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.
There’s nothing like your mother’s sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears.
I always thought ‘chick lit’ meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of the day. I mean, it’s not the ideal term; when I’m asked to describe what I do, I say I write romantic comedies, cause that’s what I feel they are. But I’m quite pragmatic.
The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.
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.