Your father always tries to see the good side of people; to find the excuse. But sometimes there isn't a good side. There isn't an excuse. (Mom - to Lara Lington) Sophie Kinsella More Quotes by Sophie Kinsella More Quotes From Sophie Kinsella I'd probably still be a financial journalist now if it weren't for writing novels. Mmm. Fun! I'm much happier writing novels! Sophie Kinsella financial writing fun I am not a label snob and have learned that the thrill of shopping can be just as great, if not more so, when you find a bargain. Sophie Kinsella thrill shopping labels My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them. Sophie Kinsella heroines childhood I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up. Sophie Kinsella cheer book needs I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship. Sophie Kinsella first-love people thinking I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits. Sophie Kinsella pseudonyms book firsts I had gone to Oxford to read music. I had done music all my life, but when I got to college I didn't want to do it anymore. Sophie Kinsella college gone oxford I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them. Sophie Kinsella my-best-friend weakness character 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 Sophie Kinsella oxford advice people 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'. Sophie Kinsella wife personality mother I've never written a children's book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, 'Children's books?' Maybe it's something about my face. Sophie Kinsella writing book children There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears. Sophie Kinsella voice tears mother Relationships are a battle. They are a chess game. And what did I do? I just threw all my chess pieces down on the board at once, and said, "Here! Have them all! Sophie Kinsella chess-game chess-pieces games I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very good at going to press conferences and nodding. I'd figure it out when I got back to the office. Charts and numbers. I've never been great with facts, ever, my whole life. For a journalist, that's not a very good trait. Sophie Kinsella training office numbers I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book that you want to write and then other people say, 'Oh, that's chick-lit.' You say, 'Okay.' But it's not like you look around and go to a careers fair and there will be someone at the chick-lit author stand. Sophie Kinsella writing book thinking When you read my texts, you saw a curt, miserable git. And you told me so. Maybe you're right. But you know what I saw when I read yours? - Sam No. And I don't want to know. - Poppy I saw a girl who races to help others but doesn't help herself. And right now you need to help yourself. No one should walk up the aisle feeling inferior or in a different league or trying to be something they're not. - Sam Sophie Kinsella girl helping-others race I can't cook. I don't have the right brain for it, somehow. I can't walk into a room and tidy it up. I get distracted. I pick up one thing and I start looking at it. And my cooking is truly heinous. Sophie Kinsella cooking brain rooms 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. Sophie Kinsella issues writing mean 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. Sophie Kinsella youth taken journey Oh, please. If she's going to use Mr. Darcy to prop up her arguments, I give up. Sophie Kinsella argument giving-up use
