I'm basically a very happy person and I don't have to be anybody else.

- Jilly Cooper

I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.

- Jilly Cooper

I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.

- Jilly Cooper

The aristocrat, when he wants to, has very good manners. The Scottish upper classes, in particular, have that shell-shocked look that probably comes …

- Jilly Cooper

Although it is the biggest time-waster in office life, you must never underrate the importance of the memo. You will be judged by the volume of your …

- Jilly Cooper

I'm not wild about holidays. They always seem a ludicrously expensive way of proving there's no place like home.

- Jilly Cooper

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

People who can write a book usually do.

- Jilly Cooper

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