writing had to take the form of journalism. Not for me the Shangri-la of fiction. The rewards, if any, would have been too little and too late, the b…

- Jill Tweedie

Always suspect any job men willingly vacate for women.

- Jill Tweedie

I am still sure of absolute wrong but much less certain of absolute right.

- Jill Tweedie

It is easy and dismally enervating to think of opposition as merely perverse or actually evil -- far more invigorating to see it as essential for hon…

- Jill Tweedie

Children are a plant substitute and we haven't the wit to see it until too late

- Jill Tweedie

I have always liked reading biographies. It is the ideal literary genre for someone too prim, like me, to acknowledge a gossipy interest in the livin…

- Jill Tweedie

My boredom threshold is low at the best of times but I have spent more time being slowly and excruciatingly bored by children than any other section …

- Jill Tweedie