Sophie Kinsella quotes - page 6

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)
I'm a great fan of taking my laptop out and about. View quote
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Philosophy wasn't about facts, it was about ideas. My first essay title was something like: 'How can you know what other people are thinking?' I thought, 'Wow, what an amazing thing.' I really thought deeply for the first time. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'd probably still be a financial journalist now if it weren't for writing novels. Mmm. Fun! I'm much happier writing novels! View quote
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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. View quote
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I change my mind so much, I'm better going on my own. Shopping is a selfish activity anyway. View quote
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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. View quote
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My real name is Madeleine Wickham, under which I write dramas with an edge of humour. As Sophie Kinsella its fast, all-out comedies, such as the Shopaholic series. View quote
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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. View quote
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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)
I'm an impulse buyer. I don't really go out with a list. View quote
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I had no plans to be a writer. My teenaged bid for stardom was to be a pop star... which, ahem, didn't exactly work out. View quote
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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. View quote
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I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits. View quote
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