'Tulip Fever' did change my life. It did that thing that sometimes happens when a book takes off - it opened doors on to whole other worlds. Deborah Moggach More Quotes by Deborah Moggach More Quotes From Deborah Moggach You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they're the only ones who don't get bored if you talk about your memories. Deborah Moggach sister sibling memories Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end. Deborah Moggach ends peace travel The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment. Deborah Moggach real disappointment trying But it's also true that the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing. All we know about the future is that it will be different. But perhaps what we fear is that it will be the same. So we must celebrate the changes. Deborah Moggach risk different doe I'm mad about gardening. I have an allotment on the other side of Hampstead Heath, and I keep three hens in my garden. Deborah Moggach mad garden three Once a character has gelled it's an unmistakable sensation, like an engine starting up within one's body. From then onwards one is driven by this other person, seeing things through their eyes. Deborah Moggach starting-up eye character When I was young, I couldnt imagine women of 60 falling in love. For one thing, people used to stay married; they werent out in the jungle, searching for romance. Besides, these women just looked so ancient - permed hair, beige cardis. Deborah Moggach falling-in-love hair people Discover the times when you're most creative - mornings, nights, afternoons - and clear the time to work then. Many writers find the mornings are best, and the afternoons are only good for editorial corrections, or getting the washing done. Others can only work through the night, drunk. Deborah Moggach drunk morning night Whatever you do they will love you; even if they don't love you they are connected to you till you die. You can be boring and tedious with -sisters, whereas you have to put on a good face with friends. Deborah Moggach sister sibling love-you I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window. Deborah Moggach lonely rain children I like missing someone and being missed; I like looking forward to seeing him again. I like getting emails and texts with lots of xxx's. Deborah Moggach looking someone like looking-forward It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything. Deborah Moggach new place food country
