Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.
At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down.
Leo, sadly, has Parkinson's, but he used to cook all sorts of dazzling things.
And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready.
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.
I'm basically a very happy person and I don't have to be anybody else.
If you look across the valley, you can see exactly what I mean: about four beautiful houses, and you think something is happening in each of them. It's like a mural.
But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd better write a novel, so I tend not to stop and learn word processing.
I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.
The bank told us we ought to sell this house to pay off our overdraft. Riders saved the day. I was so pleased when it got to number one, I went all around the fields crying and crying.
For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.
