People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that.

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.

People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that.

I would hate to live in the country, unless I was living on a farm.

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people.

I met Richard Burton, an RAF cadet on a two-term course. I would have flirted more enthusiastically if it had not been for the horrid boils on the back of his neck.

There are many times when I think I would have rather died with my husband. It would have been pleasanter, simpler. But it would have been worse for the children and the family in general.