Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.

I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.

Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.

A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.

Elizabeth studied the blurry tabloid photo, which showed her cousin Mary Stuart leaving a Paris disco at dawn, drunkenly clinging to the arm of a French tennis pro. The message was very clear. Put passion first and you end up neither loved nor respected.

Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.

Edwina always enjoyed a morning ride. Some mornings she rode the horse, and some mornings she rode the groom.