Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.

My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild.

People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.

Normally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema.

I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.

Of course there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except Almighty God, if she exists.

Her imperturbable self-confidence (Duchesse de Maine) caused Madame de Stael to write that the Duchesse believed in herself the same way she believed in God, without explanation or discussion.