What do I believe? It has been a long journey of discovery. There have been hesitations and errors along the way, and no doubt will be more, because ….

The men who cannot laugh at themselves frighten me even more than those who laugh at everything..

I wonder how often in the past I may have missed the good in people because I pre-judged, based on the differences?.

I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous..

Please don’t think so lightly of liking someone. It’s terribly important. It is a kind of loving, you know, and one that frequently lasts a lot longe….

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of peopl….

... She knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed o….

I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks..

People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin..

We all try to forget what hurts us, it is sometimes the only way we can continue..

Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class systems. It can be based on a different thing in….

The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will bring? I believe yes, there ….

We believe world peace is inevitable..

You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some people just sit down at the page and start off. I….

I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I was evacuated a couple of….

The mountains are so beautiful they make me ache inside because the moment I look away I know I shall need to see them again. And I cannot spend the ….

I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all….

Too many women waste their lives grieving because they do not have something other people tell them they should want. Whether you are happy or not de….

Your own gown is most delicately suitable, both to the occasion and to yourself,' to be translated: Your gown is insipid and entirely forgettable. If….

To take for granted one's blessings is a damage to the soul, and in time one will lose them, simply from lack of care. One should never tire of nouri….

The truth can be very sharp. But it makes a cleaner wound than lies. It will not fester.