I like L.A. It's like a mini break. For a writer, it's hilarious. Like the food. Where I come from, we eat chip sandwiches: white bread, butter, toma….

I will not sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as woman of substance, complete without boyfriend,….

I had my daughter by C-section, so knew when and where she was going to be born. I got freakishly organized and prepared a group e-mail birth announc….

Dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment….

It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear….

Of course the chronology of the books is a bit back- to - front, and books usually come out before movies. But happily, these [Bridget Jones's] are f….

Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious..

I hate Christmas. Everything is designed for families, romance, warmth, emotion and presents, and if you have no boyfriend, no money, your mother is ….

When someone leaves you, apart from missing them, apart from the fact that the whole little world you've created together collapses, and that everyth….

It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr. Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It's like being called Heathcliff and in….

I will not get upset over men, but instead be poised and cool ice-queen..

I looked at him nonplussed. I realized that I have spent so many years being on a diet that the idea that you might actually need calories to survive….

Bridget [Jones] was always, at heart, about the gap between how you feel you're expected to be and how you actually are and that gap has only widened….

I realize it has become too easy to find a diet to fit in with whatever you happen to feel like eating and that diets are not there to be picked and ….

Valentine's Day purely commercial, cynical enterprise, anyway. Matter of supreme indifference to me..

Singletons should not have to explain themselves all the time but should have an accepted status — like geisha girls do.

I tend to take [ to Bridget Jones Diaries] something that nearly happened, or might have happened, and then exaggerate it to make it funny and to mak….

Don't say 'what,' say 'pardon,' darling, and do as your mother tells you..

It's amazing how much time and money can be saved in the world of dating by close attention to detail. A white sock here, a pair of red braces there,….

Exes should never, never go out with or marry other people but should remain celibate to the end of their days in order to provide you with a mental ….

I am a child of Cosmopolitan culture, have been traumatized by supermodels and too many quizzes and know that neither my personality nor my body is u….