A man will teach his wife what is needed to arouse his desires. And there is no reason for a woman to know any more than what her husband is prepared to teach her. If she gets married knowing far too much about what she wants and doesn't want then she will be ready to find fault with her husband.

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.

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

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.

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.

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