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

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.

A woman should say: 'Have I made him happy? Is he satisfied? Does he love me more than he loved me before? Is he likely to go to bed with another woman?' If he does, then it's the wife's fault because she is not trying to make him happy.

France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door.

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.

When you get past fifty, you have to decide whether to keep your face or your figure. I kept my face.