It seems wrong and unfair that Christmas, with its stressful and unmanageable financial and emotional challenges, should first be forced upon one wholly against one's will, then rudely snatched away just when one is starting to get into it. Was really beginning to enjoy the feeling that normal service was suspended and it was OK to lie in bed as long as you want, put anything you fancy into your mouth, and drink alcohol whenever it should chance to pass your way, even in the mornings. Now suddenly we are all supposed to snap into self-discipline like lean teenage greyhounds.
Helen FieldingIt is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as one part of your life starts looking up, another falls to pieces.
Helen FieldingSingletons should not have to explain themselves all the time but should have an accepted status — like geisha girls do
Helen FieldingI certainly think I'll end up writing about America in some form. I've taken plenty of notes. I like America very much.
Helen FieldingWith most of the events in the books [ Bridget Jones Diaries ] I draw a little bit from my own life and some from what I see happening around me.
Helen Fielding