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.

Every woman dreams of love. When she is young she prays she will find it. When she is middle aged she hopes for it and when she is old she remembers it.

My heroines are always virgins. They never go to bed without a ring on their fingers; not until page 118 at least.

I consider myself an expert on love, sex and health. Without health you can have very little of the other two.

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.

Good must triumph over evil. It usually does in life and in any case it's bad for young people to believe it doesn't.

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.