It is horrid to smirk.

One must not live one's life through men but must be complete on oneself as a woman of substance.

More than two years after Mad About the Boy was published, the [Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries ] movie started coming together. I felt better about the material, and found myself writing a letter from Bridget to her son: explaining the original story of how he came to be, from his own Mum.

You see, things being good has nothing to do with how you feel outside, it is all to do with how you are inside.

Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.

I like you very much. Just as you are.

Don't say 'what,' say 'pardon,' darling, and do as your mother tells you.