Sophie Kinsella Quotes - Page 2

People who want to make a million borrow a million first

Relationships are all about trust and equality. If one person shares, then the other person should share, too.

Once you've started cheating, does it really matter what your methods are?

A real relationship is two-way.

The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And I'm sick of not knowing about my life.

The trouble with giving yourself a pep talk is, that deep down you know it's all bullshit.

For years now I've kind of operated under an informal shopping cycle. A bit like a farmer's crop rotation system. Except, instead of wheat, maize, barley, and fallow, mine pretty much goes clothes, makeup shoes, and clothes (I don't bother with fallow). Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and stop enjoying yourself.

It's just the way things are. And you can't dwell on what might have been. You have to look at what is.

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.

I'm allergic to family occasions. Sometimes I think we'd do better as dandelion seeds-no family, no history, just floating off into the world, each on our own piece of fluff.

This is a test, isn't it? It's like choosing out of three caskets in a fairy tale. Everyone knows the rules. You never choose the gold shiny one. Or even the quite impressive silver one. What you're supposed to do is choose the dull little lead one, and then there's a flash of light and it turns into a mountain of jewels

The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.

In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone.

I’m blushing at my own stupid, nonsensical, meaningless thought process, which, by the way, nobody knows about except me.

you can always find something you want.

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.

I've always had this deep-down conviction that I'm not like everybody else, and there's an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me just around the corner.

A man will never love you or treat you as well as a store. If a man doesn't fit, you can't exchange him seven days later for a gorgeous cashmere sweater. And a store always smells good. A store can awaken a lust for things you never even knew you needed. And when your fingers first grasp those shiny, new bags...

Like most of us, I'm used to juggling about 52 roles in life. Wife. Mother. Sister. Friend. Author. Sometimes I feel a bit 'multiple-personality'.

Why on earth declutter when you can just shrinkwrap?

I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up.

The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone else agrees.

I'd probably still be a financial journalist now if it weren't for writing novels. Mmm. Fun! I'm much happier writing novels!

And maybe now you'll start treating everybody with respect. Not just the people you think are important.

Everyone's moving on without me, into a world I don't understand.