Novels, since the birth of the genre, have been full of rejected, seduced, and abandoned maidens, whose proper fate is to die.
Margaret DrabbleI've always thought that very few people grow old as admirably as academics. At least books never let them down.
Margaret DrabbleThe women are always vixens or monsters. They can't just be normal people in the book.
Margaret DrabbleNothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure.
Margaret DrabbleWhat really annoys me are the ones who write to say, I am doing your book for my final examinations and could you please tell me what the meaning of it is. I find it just so staggering--that you're supposed to explain the meaning of your book to some total stranger! If I knew what the meanings of my books were, I wouldn't have bothered to write them.
Margaret Drabble