People don't roll around naked in my books. I do allow them to go to bed if they're married, but it's all very wonderful and the moon beams.

I would love to employ a man, but how can I possibly give a man dictation from the bath?

The reason why Englishmen are the best husbands in the world is because they want to be faithful. A Frenchman or an Italian will wake up in the morning and wonder what girl he will meet. An Englishman wakes up and wonders what the cricket score is.

I always wear boot polish on my eyelashes, because I am a very emotional person and it doesn't run when I cry.

A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.

To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her.

Every man has been brought up with the idea that decent women don't pop in and out of bed; he has always been told by his mother that "nice girls don't." He finds, of course, when he gets older that this may be untrue-but only in a certain section of society.