I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969. Jilly Cooper More Quotes by Jilly Cooper More Quotes From Jilly Cooper Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon. Jilly Cooper coffeefoodretirement The male - I have found - is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things. Jilly Cooper womenmarriagekindness I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows. Jilly Cooper long-grassgrasslong I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half. Jilly Cooper differentsimplesecret People who can write a book usually do. Jilly Cooper writingbookpeople Youve simply got to go on and on with your family and friends and tell them how much you love them because you never know whether theyll be there tomorrow, do you? Jilly Cooper family-and-friendstomorrowgoes-on Without doubt, keep a diary. From the day you're born, keep a diary, because we all forget things so quickly. Jilly Cooper doubtdiariesforget Go to lots of interviews, at least one a month even when you don't need a job, to keep in training for when you do. Jilly Cooper trainingworkjobs If you feel compelled to give a New Year's Eve party, don't invite people to arrive too early or they'll go off the boil before midnight. Jilly Cooper new-yearpartyyears it's a good idea to wait a few months before joining anything when you arrive at a village. A bookseller friend who retired to nearby Oxfordshire, and was worried he might be bored, got himself on to every village committee in the first six months, and spent the next ten years extricating himself. Jilly Cooper boredyearsideas And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready. Jilly Cooper readygrandmotherpersons I can assure you that the class system is alive and well and living in people's minds in England. Jilly Cooper class-systemmindpeople I think it bespeaks a generous nature, a man who can cook. Jilly Cooper cooksmenthinking People always assume that bachelors are single by choice and spinsters because nobody asked them. It never enters their heads that poor bachelors might have worn the knees of their trousers out proposing to girls who rejected them or that a girl might deliberately stay unmarried. Jilly Cooper girlchoicespeople I'm basically a very happy person and I don't have to be anybody else. Jilly Cooper happy-personvery-happypersons The only thing a whirlwind courtship does is blow dust in everyone's eyes. Jilly Cooper dusteyeblow There is something infinitely dingy about the word workshop. Pray that England doesn't become a nation of workshopkeepers. Jilly Cooper workshopsenglandpraying The memo's chief function ... is as a track-coverer, so that you can turn on someone six months later and snarl: 'Well, you should have known about it, I sent you a memo. Jilly Cooper officeshould-havework The letter of application ... should be a masterpiece of fiction, papering over all the cracks. Get it properly typed on decent writing paper. Never let it run over the page, people get bored with reading. Jilly Cooper readingworkrunning A lot of meetings are held to arrange when to have meetings. ... Meetings today are usually called conferences to make them sound more significant. Jilly Cooper significantsoundtoday
