Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy. Mariella Frostrup More Quotes by Mariella Frostrup More Quotes From Mariella Frostrup Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we believe in the relationship of the protagonists. Mariella Frostrup comedy littles believe In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements. Mariella Frostrup hours style cities Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for. Mariella Frostrup true-friend challenges giving Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too! Mariella Frostrup reading play book As a species, we tend to be doers, forever shaping and reshaping the world to better suit our purposes. Mariella Frostrup purpose forever world When the going gets tough, the prospect of delegating half your responsibilities to a willing volunteer, either to play a supporting role or take over the breadwinning, certainly holds allure. Mariella Frostrup volunteer responsibility play Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory. Mariella Frostrup fine tuning car It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair. Mariella Frostrup tots easier despair Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove quite elusive in the real world. Mariella Frostrup dreams childhood romantic world You only need to look at Jane Austen to see how crossed wires can become a defining aspect of romantic life. Then again, if the course of true love ran more smoothly, it would have a terribly detrimental effect on our cache of love stories. Mariella Frostrup true-love love romantic life One of my few childhood memories is as an eight-year-old, refused permission to watch the Hitchcock season on Irish television, sneakily viewing 'The Birds' though a crack in the living-room door. It transformed my hitherto perfectly enjoyable half-mile walk to school, down a country lane patrolled by watchful birds, into a terrifying ordeal. Mariella Frostrup walk childhood memories school I recognise my old self in a lot of the letters I get from single women who are unrealistic about what they want. Mariella Frostrup single women self want Of course, I'd like to earn Jonathan Ross's money, but I don't have sleepless nights wondering when someone's going to knock on my door with sacks of cash. Mariella Frostrup door someone like money Every adult has the right to choose who they wish to spend their lives with, and we're all capable of making mistakes, but no one escapes with their self-regard intact. Mariella Frostrup mistakes choose making-mistakes wish Quite honestly, if we do manage to destroy the planet with our devil-may-care attitude to natural resources, I'd suggest we leave, as a dossier in our defence, the collected letters to agony aunts and uncles down the generations. It would certainly prove that we weren't all bad! Mariella Frostrup down bad prove attitude Contrary to popular mythology, the best and most durable relationships are based not on vulnerability or passion but on a conjugation of positive attributes, a meeting of mind, body and soul that is all the more powerful as it is not weighed down with neediness and unreasonable expectation. Mariella Frostrup best passion soul positive While the male eye zooms in on a particular element to the exclusion of all else, a woman's gaze flickers from one tedious task to the next, to the point where we can't distinguish between the importance of mopping the kitchen floor and achieving world peace. Mariella Frostrup woman eye peace world It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood almost invariably connect back to childhood experiences. Mariella Frostrup childhood parent truth fear If I ever write a book, it will be called 'Bottle Blonde.' Mariella Frostrup bottle will blonde book I have a very childish attitude to books - a very non-analytic enthusiasm... like Alice falling down the chute. Mariella Frostrup childish down like attitude
