My first husband would never make up his mind in less than five years, so I used to get him to think that whatever course of action needed to be taken was his idea. Then he'd go right ahead.

I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.

Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.

I never really know the title of a book until it's finished.

I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination.

Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.

I don't write for any particular kind of person.