When Bridget [Jones] does finally get pregnant, she 's bound to mess it up, but what I tried to show is the importance of love and kindness rather than perfection, and the importance of support from friends who help you to laugh at your mistakes and pick yourself up afterwards.
Helen FieldingYou see, things being good has nothing to do with how you feel outside, it is all to do with how you are inside.
Helen FieldingIn terms of parenthood, I think the pressure has amped up massively too. Some parents are setting the bar ludicrously high in terms of doing things "right," and seeing children more as products to be perfected than simply children.
Helen FieldingIt is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.
Helen Fielding