The women are always vixens or monsters. They can't just be normal people in the book.

I've always thought that very few people grow old as admirably as academics. At least books never let them down.

World War II put feminism on hold for a long time; the men went away to fight, a lot of women in those years got jobs both in teaching and in factories - at all social levels - which they enjoyed very much. A lot of them were quite happy during the war.

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

On one thing professionals and amateurs agree: mothers can't win.

I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money, the banking system will collapse totally, and we will be left having to barter to stay alive. Those who can dig in their garden will have a better chance than the rest. I'll be all right; I've got a few veg.

When nothing is sure, everything is possible.