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.

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

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

The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous.

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

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

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